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"The Man
Called Noon"
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(1973) Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino, Farley Granger, Patty Shepard; Directed by Peter Collinson; Color |
A man with no memory, Richard Crenna in the title role propels a story (an adaptation of the Louis L'Amour novel) that dazzles the senses with its increasingly mysterious plot line, passion, vengeance, and gore! One thing's for sure, if one takes a shot at Crenna and misses, he's as good as dead, as a boatload of liver lily, pumpkin pie eating, prom dress wearing, toe smelling bad guys soon find out. The film takes a myriad of turns and spirals in this complex mystery, leaving us to ponder who the anti-hero toned Richard Crenna truly is, and just who or what is a Rubal Noon---a name that would connect him to a lifetime's worth of bloodshed and, later, to a quarter of a million dollars in..................................... |
