GamerTab That was an excellent one.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

zardoz-13 Rory Calhoun plays a seasoned lawman fed up with gunplay in "Green Grass of Wyoming" director Louis King's "Powder River," a sturdy but derivative little horse opera loosely based on Wyatt Earp biographer Stuart N. Lake's book. Cameron Mitchell co-stars as a swift-shooting hellion who wears his gun slung low on his right knee in this Technicolor oater from Twentieth Century Fox. Basically, Calhoun is cast as Chino Bullock, a Wyatt Earp type, while Mitchell plays a variation on Doc Holliday named Mitch Hardin. Instead of being ravaged by tuberculosis, Hardin suffers from a brain tumor. He has left the East to roam the West. Mitch has a suicidal streak running through his psyche as a result of his tragic affliction. He romances the hell cat saloon owner Frenchie Dumont (Corinne Calvet of "Apache Uprising")who smokes cigarettes in public while Mitch's good girl from back East, Debbie Allen (Penny Edwards of "Pony Soldier"), struggles without success to convince him to return home with her. The catch here is that Calhoun prefers to shun a six-gun while carrying out his duties as the marshal of Powder River. Except for the marred ending, western fans won't be disappointed with this shoot'em up horse opera. Six time Oscar winning lenser Edward Cronjager's full frame cinematography looks dazzling with vivid colors and scenic settings. The cast is solid, and the production design is terrific. There is a cool showdown between a hardcase who thrusts a six-shooter into Bullock's belly at one point in a saloon and is surprised to see the marshal clench the cylinder of his six-gun so that he cannot cock the gun. Calhoun and Cameron make a charismatic pair, but their relationship is a combustible one.

gordonl56 POWDER RIVER – 1953A brisk 20 Century Fox B-western production that is better than one would expect. Rory Calhoun plays the hero lead here while Carl Betz and John Dehner ably handle the villain parts. Also in the mix are Cameron Mitchell, Penny Edwards and the rather stunning looking, Corinne Calvet.The story has Calhoun as an ex-lawman who has hung up the guns. He is now doing some gold prospecting with Frank Ferguson. The two are doing quite well and are building up a good sized stake of gold. They need to be on guard since the woods are full of claim jumpers and the like. Calhoun heads in to the nearby town of Powder River to cash in some gold and pick up supplies. Powder River is more or less run by saloon keeper, Corinne Calvet. Cahoun returns to his camp after the supply run into town. He finds his partner, Ferguson, dead and their gold gone. He returns to town to look for anyone with a bit too much gold dust. No luck there, but he does break up a bunch of yahoos causing trouble. Calhoun finds himself being offered the job of town Sheriff, which he accepts. What better way to discover who killed his partner.Saloon and gambling house owner, Calvet takes a shine to Calhoun. This, he is told might not be all that wise a move on his part. It seems that Calvet has a beau already. The man, Cameron Mitchell, is really handy with a gun and is known for violent mood swings. These are caused by a tumor in his brain. Mitchell is a former doctor from out east. Mitchell had accidentally killed a man during surgery when he suffered one of his attacks.Now popping up is Penny Edwards. Edwards is the former fiancé of Mitchell. She wants Mitchell to come back east and get an operation. This plan is put on hold, as Mitchell ends up helping Calhoun take on the villain types, Carl Betz and John Dehner. There are several shootouts, a jailbreak and several more shootouts.Miss Edwards catches a bullet and Mitchell ends up having to do surgery to save her life. After all this, we discover that it had been Mitchell who had shot Calhoun's partner, Ferguson. Mitchell then drops dead from a brain aneurysm saving Calhoun from shooting him in revenge for Ferguson. As silly as this might sound, it plays out rather well on screen.This rather lively duster is a step above what was normally delivered by veteran b-film helmsman, Louis King. King dwelled for years on westerns with Buck Jones before moving up the ladder a bit with the odd Charlie Chan and Bulldog Drummond feature. The writing of this film is quite good with Sam Hellman, Stuart Lake and Daniel Mainwaring. Lake wrote the stories for several excellent westerns. These include FRONTIER MARSHAL, WELLS FARGO, THE WESTERNER, MY DARLING CLEMINTINE and WINCHESTER 73. Mainwaring, better known as Geoffrey Homes, wrote the story or screenplay for ROUGHSHOD, THE BIG STEAL, THE LAWLESS, THE LAST OUTPOST, ROADBLOCK, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK, THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS and the noir classic, OUT OF THE PAST. Cinematographer Ernest Cronjager supplies some nice Technicolor work on this one.

grybar I'm not really a fan of Rory Calhoun, but I enjoyed his character in this picture. It tells a story with a bit more depth and a few surprises, while still providing action, romance and some terrific western scenery. While Calhoun's character, Chino Bull, is still country-suave and in control, he doesn't convey the snide quality that was an undercurrent in his later television work. The story line carries some standard western baggage, but at the same time it veers away with unexpected plot developments that were a bit more sophisticated than the type of that era, presaging the so-called "adult westerns" that became the standard in the 1950s and '60s. The female characters, unfortunately, are given the usual supportive roles. Still, it's an interesting story against some beautiful backgrounds.

artzau Rory Calhoun was a staple hero in all kinds of films during the 50s. His performances were always great, abetted by his handsome, rugged looks and the ease into which he fit into a number of hero roles. In this one, a kind of standard western, he plays an ex-lawman who returns to the trade when his partner is killed. During the time he cleans up the town, defeats bad guys played by veteran character actors Carl Betz and John Dehner, gets his semi-revenge, on the antihero, played by Cameron Mitchell, wows the French bombshell, Corinne Calvert and, of course, gets the girl. It's great 50s entertainment with a total lack of CGI action, extensive blood and gore and good honest villains and good guys. (*sigh) They just don't make movies like this any more. Watch for it on the late show. There's no DVD or video listed. Calhoun was always worth the price of admission.