Tequila Sunrise
1988
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Oscar Boetticher Jr. (/ ˈ b ɛ t ɪ k ər / BET-i-kər; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher, was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.
The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge.
Budd Boetticher. Director: Bullfighter and the Lady. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament.
The Cimarron Kid (1952) Passed | 84 min | Western. Unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw. Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler, James Best, Yvette Duguay. Votes: 1,129.
Top Ten Budd Boetticher Films. by milam_ogden • Created 11 years ago • Modified 11 years ago. Budd is one of my favorite western directors. This was not the only genre that he mastered. He also directed several film noir classics. These are my favorite westerns directed by Boetticher.
Oct 2, 2023 · Budd Boetticher’s Ranown Westerns. A desperate yearning for belonging is central to Boetticher’s subtle and serpentine westerns. by Carson Lund. October 2, 2023. In the opening scene of the 1957 western The Tall T, a man on horseback is spotted from afar by a boy and his father, prompting the elder homesteader to fetch his rifle.
Aug 6, 2021 · Post-Ranown, Boetticher made a terrific gangster movie, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); an execrable low-budget western called A Time for Dying (1969); and—his dream project—a bullfighting documentary, Arruza (1972). Westerns, of course, were never the same, because they couldn’t be.
