Every so often a Western sneaks up on my blind side and surprises me.  I’ve always respected Jacques Tourneur as a director, and his better known pictures, Out of the Past, I Walked With a Zombie and Cat People are smart and original. And I don't think I've ever seen a film starring Joel McCrea that wasn’t improved by his presence. McCrea and Tourneur collaborated on Stars in My Crown (1950), which was am


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