Reviews for El Paso
Review - El Paso
Well. Where do I start?
First, Gail Russell was criminally underused. She couldn't have been on screen for more than 10 minutes. Her character stood for law and justice, but she was willing to marry Fletcher at the end even though he and his men had accidentally killed an innocent man.
The shoot-out in the dust storm. Half the men in town were shooting at the other half and there's no possible way any of them could have known who they were shooting at.
When Fletcher's men ride out after La Farge and catch him, the dust storm has suddenly stopped.
One thing was really funny. Fletcher was practicing his quick-draw with a local Mexican named Don Nacho (no joke). While a servant throws plates in the air, the two men fire at them. Halfway through the scene, without explanation (or an allowable stretch of time), the two men switch shirts.
First, Gail Russell was criminally underused. She couldn't have been on screen for more than 10 minutes. Her character stood for law and justice, but she was willing to marry Fletcher at the end even though he and his men had accidentally killed an innocent man.
The shoot-out in the dust storm. Half the men in town were shooting at the other half and there's no possible way any of them could have known who they were shooting at.
When Fletcher's men ride out after La Farge and catch him, the dust storm has suddenly stopped.
One thing was really funny. Fletcher was practicing his quick-draw with a local Mexican named Don Nacho (no joke). While a servant throws plates in the air, the two men fire at them. Halfway through the scene, without explanation (or an allowable stretch of time), the two men switch shirts.
Reviewed by Roger on 2021-11-12 16:35:20