Hellbent for Letterbox
Paxton Holley and Michael May hit the dusty trail in search of great Westerns
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
House II: The Second Story (1987)
Michael stretches the definitions of both "Western" and "Horror" when he makes Pax and guest Shawn Robare watch House II: The Second Story. Though it does have undead cowboys. The movie is the sequel to 1985's House and stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, John Ratzenberger, Bill Maher, and Lar Park-Lincoln.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
It's October and time again for some Weird Westerns! In this first of two Halloween episodes, Pax and Michael are joined by Shawn Robare to discuss Knife for the Ladies, in which Jack Elam plays an ornery sheriff forced to team up with a young private detective to solve a series of Jack the Ripper-like murders in a dying Western town.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Comanche Station (1960)
Michael and Pax finish watching the Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Westerns with Comanche Station, also starring Nancy Gates and Claude Akins.
And Michael also watched a couple of 1930s Westerns: Buck Jones and Louise Brooks in Empty Saddles (1936) and William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy in Partners of the Plains (1938).
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Pax and Michael take a listener request and talk about John Sturges' Last Train from Gun Hill starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, and Carolyn Jones.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Westbound (1958)
Michael and Pax welcome back Evan Hanson (the Classic Film Jerks podcast) as we get back to Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott's Ranown Westerns. This time Scott plays a Union officer tasked with transporting gold from California to Washington DC through Confederate-sympathizing territory. Westbound also features Karen Steele, Michael Dante, Andrew Duggan, Michael Pate, and Virginia Mayo.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
The Grand Duel (1972)
Pax and Michael welcome the hosts of the New Classic Film Jerks, Evan and Jeff, to discuss a Lee Van Cleef spaghetti western, The Grand Duel from 1972.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
The Shadow Riders (1982)
Michael and Pax celebrate a listener's birthday with a Sam Elliott Western, specifically The Shadow Riders, a TV movie co-starring Tom Selleck. It was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and also features Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, and Geoffrey Lewis.
Pax also watches James Arness and Angie Dickinson in Gun the Man Down (1956).
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