Movies starring Edgar Buchanan

Arizona (1940)

125 mins Western

"Arizona" is the sort of western which was above average when it was made but never quite achieved the epic status that it possibly could have. And as such this becomes one of those westerns which does a better than usual job...

Penny Serenade (1941)

119 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

I generally like movies which star either Cary Grant or Irene Dunne but for some reason "Penny Serenade" has never done very much for me. I put it down to the curious mixture of story and tone because on one hand we have quit...

Texas (1941)

93 mins Comedy, Western

As a child one of the TV shows I would watch was "Camberwick Green". Now you might be wondering why I am mentioning "Camberwick Green" in a review of an old western from 1941. Well "Camberwick Green" had a character called Wi...

The Desperadoes (1943)

87 mins Western

"The Desperadoes" was to be Columbia Studios first Technicolor movie and you get a sense that they were determined to make it a success with a good cast and a western storyline full of popular elements. And to be honest "The ...

Destroyer (1943)

99 mins Adventure , Drama, War

You do things with honour, with passion, with tradition and respect, you work hard, you protect your country, respect your loved ones and well to be honest I could go on with the list of various things I have learned from wat...

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

86 mins Action , Adventure , Romance

Picture the scene, a studio boss has become aware that they have languishing in a warehouse an expensive castle set and demand that they come up with a movie to utilize them. With Errol Flynn's excellent "The Adventures of Ro...

Coroner Creek (1948)

90 mins Western

As Randolph Scott westerns go "Coroner Creek" is a bit of surprise. On one hand it has the look and familiarity of a bygone western with pretty women, nasty ranch hands, a sheriff in the pocket of a corrupt businessman and so...

The Man from Colorado (1948)

100 mins Western

Consider when "The Man from Colorado" was made, it was 1948 and soldiers had returned home from World War II changed by what they did and what they saw. As such there were some war movies made which took a look at the situati...

The Black Arrow (1948)

76 mins Action , Adventure

The best thing about "The Black Arrow" is its creativity as it obviously takes the story of Robin Hood then having crafted an original spin-off story changes the names to try and separate itself from it further. And so whilst...

Red Canyon (1949)

82 mins Western

Is it wrong when the looks of a movie and an actress are the most memorable part of a movie? It is the question which presents me as I watched & review "Red Canyon" a pleasant little western from 1949. You see the trouble wit...

Lust for Gold (1949)

90 mins Action , Crime, Western

I've watched many a movie and it takes something special to really make me sit up and pay attention and "Lust for Gold" did. And whilst there are a couple of reasons for this the main one is the effective use of past and pres...

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

86 mins Comedy, Drama

I actually think that the 1950 version of "Cheaper by the Dozen" is one of the most misinterpreted movies I have ever watched. What I mean is that many a critic has said how wrong this movie is in the way it represents life i...

Cave of Outlaws (1951)

75 mins Western

As a fan of westerns it would be fair to say that when I come across a 1950s western I've never heard of I tend to think it will be just another b-movie which works a western standard storyline. It is why when I sat down to w...

The Big Trees (1952)

89 mins Action , Drama

Whilst generally I feel older movies are superior to modern movies when it comes to focus on story telling, there were still movies which had the feeling that they were made as almost stop gaps. Movies which had nothing major...

Flaming Feather (1952)

77 mins Western

Trust me when I say that synopsis for "Flaming Feather" doesn't do it credit as it sounds like a pretty standard revenge western where the guy who loses his ranch goes after the mysterious man behind it. But quickly this stor...

Shane (1953)

118 mins Drama, Western

"Shane" is nothing more than a western about a mysterious stranger who stays with a rancher for a few days and ends up helping the rancher, his family and some other ranchers out with their feud with a local land owner who wa...

Destry (1954)

95 mins Western

Movie review "Destry" � director George Marshall remakes his own movie "Destry Rides Again" with Audie Murphy taking on the role of Tom Destry, originally played by James Stewart....

Beautiful But Dangerous (1954)

89 mins Comedy, Drama

It's quite amusing as just the other day there was an item on the news about an anonymous gift giver who was using social media to give clues as to where they had hid envelopes of money and this small story was covered by so ...

Dawn at Socorro (1954)

80 mins Western

Dawn at Socorro (1954) Rory Calhoun stars as Bret Wade, a tuberculosis ridden gunslinger looking for the quiet life but can't escape his past...

Rage at Dawn (1955)

87 mins Western

Rage at Dawn (1955) Randolph Scott stars as undercover lawman masquerading as an outlaw to try and bring the Reno brothers to justice...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Edgar Buchanan as one of the principle cast members.