Saddle the Wind

1958  NR  WESTERN  1h 24min

CAST— Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes, Donald Crisp, Charles McGraw, Royal Dano

MUSIC— Elmer Bernstein  DIRECTOR— Robert Parrish

     Robert Taylor hands in another solid performance in yet another sturdy Western. This time he’s a reformed gunfighter turned small-time rancher who faces a new nightmare when his kid brother begins a dangerous love affair with a six-shooter. He begins to show an aptitude for gun play that inevitably turns to killing. It’s obvious from the beginning that he takes pleasure in his dirty deeds so it’s up to Taylor to put an end to the reign of terror. A great performance by John Cassavetes as Taylor’s sadistic brother is the highlight of an already finely tuned picture. Only the finale seems somehow anti-climactic.

OUR RATING— ** ½