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Leofwine_draca LAWMAN is a pretty decent American-made western, shot in Mexico by director-for-hire Michael Winner who doesn't get much chance to show off his later style, although the film is perhaps a little grimmer, a little grittier, a little more grounded in reality than usual. The film is worth watching for the cast alone, a huge group of old-timers backed up by the fresh faces of Robert Duvall and Richard Jordan.Burt Lancaster is the ageing hero, tracking down a group of men who were responsible for the shooting of a townsman after a celebration that got out of hand. He arrives in town and soon runs in with the marshal, as played by old-timer Robert Ryan (if you thought he looked aged in THE WILD BUNCH, you ain't seen nothing yet). The rest of the film sees him working his way through the various would-be villains while causing consternation with pretty much everybody else.This is solid entertainment for genre fans and even the romantic scenes with Sheree North are pretty enjoyable. Ryan and Lancaster give typically assured performances, the latter excelling as a tough guy in the Eastwood mould. The likes of Lee J. Cobb and Ralph Waite support them well. Not one of Winner's finest films, but it'll do.

LeonLouisRicci Notice the title...Lawman...it could well have been called...Pig...if the counter culture of the time had anything to say. But that would have been silly. But true nonetheless. Because this is a cop not unlike the men in blue of the turbulent, wild streets of the 1960's who knew no compromise and had only one thing on their minds (a job to do and complexities had nothing to do with it).This is an unusually interconnected film that has a depth of field that was fashionable and a cynicism prevalent in 1971. It has a plethora of verbiage that is only common in the best of Westerns with many quotable lines. There is a great cast and the tableaux of the time is excellent.A must see for fans of the genre and is an overlooked and under-appreciated film that is both an icon of the modern Western while also being a throwback to the psychological, multi- layered style of post-modern 1950's movies like High Noon, The Searchers, The Tall T, and The Naked Spur, to name a few.

dougdoepke A no-nonsense marshal is sent to apprehend roistering cowboys who've accidentally killed a townsman.The movie comes across as a revisionist western in keeping with its counter-cultural period. For example, none of the characters ends up as particularly likable, including Lancaster's and Ryan's. That way we're denied the usual hero to root for. Ordinarily, Lancaster's lawman would be expected to furnish the white hat, but here he comes across as a merciless enforcer, with no life apart from a professional one. Ryan too, as the burned-out sheriff, is sympathetic but hardly heroic, while Cobb's boss rancher transcends the usual black hat with some sympathetic character qualities. Even the scalawag gunsels show considerable regard for one another, with their own stories to tell. On a morality level, the movie is pretty complex, with no easy answers.All in all, it's an interesting story even if overdone at times, especially the big showdown that sprawls unconvincingly. Nonetheless, there's an aging Ryan and Lancaster, two of Hollywood's finest actors, lending authority to the proceedings. The supporting cast may be crowded and difficult to keep up with, still the movie definitely merits a look-see.

jeremiah59 Recently, when I was creating and synchronizing Croatian subtitles, I noticed that subtitle's timings didn't match between different versions. I have 3 versions of Lawman: 1. DVD PAL (duration 1:34:53) 2. DVD NTSC (duration 1:38:41) 3. DVB-T PAL (Croatian TV) (duration 1:34:37)Besides, there is a version from TCM which I don't have: 4. TCM DVB-S (duration unknown)All versions are different, so there are 4 different cuts of this movie.First, the comparison between PAL and NTSC DVD's: There are 2 distinctive scene cuts and neither version is uncut! NTSC DVD sold on Amazon, claims to be uncut, but it isn't.The scene which is cut from PAL DVD, is a 4 second horse fall (at 1:00:12 h).The scene which is cut from NTSC DVD, is a love scene (starts at 1:22:54 h) in which Sheree North (Laura) has naked boobs. This scene was replaced with a scene in which the boobs were completely covered with a blanket and never seen. The durations of these scenes are different and even the conversations are slightly different. It is interesting to notice Burt Lancaster's attitude in these scenes. In the scene with naked boobs, his face is bitter and his hand never approaches the boobs. But in the alternative scene with covered boobs, his hand repeatedly squeezes the boobs and his face has a cheerful expression. :-)The differences between TV captures are less important, but are as follows:DVB-T PAL (Croatian TV) is basically the same as NTSC DVD, but in PAL TV standard with slight indistinguishable differences in timings, full-screen, very crisp and clear video with more natural colors than on DVD's.TCM DVB-S "…is cut losing the horse fall & the 'squib hit' when Burt Lancaster shoots his wounded horse."