One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

Director: Marlon Brando
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens

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Once again, he's a by-the-numbers Western, but this one's got Brando. He does a pretty good job directing, too. To get it out of the way: One-Eyed Jacks won an Academy Award for best cinematography. In all earnestness, it must have been a bad year for film visuals and/or a political move. That aside, Jacks is an entertaining film. You've got your typical revenge plot, but the film revolves more around the romance between Brando and Pellicer than around bank robberies and shoot-outs. The back of the case described the film as a psychological Western. That means it's a Western-drama rather than a Western-action. Not a bad little movie. It's Brando being Brando, and that's rarely a bad thing.

July 21
apartment TV, early afternoon

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