I've seen this version and the earlier 1929 version called "Hell's Heroes". The earlier film is better. I understand that there is also a John Wayne version from 1948 which I will steer well clear of after reading reviews of it being overly sentimental and ending differently. Of course, if it has John Wayne, there is no way he is gonna die!
This film is ok as it stands. There are 4 outlaws who ride into a goody two-shoes God-fearing town called New Jerusalem and one gets shot fleeing the bank robbery that they carry out. The remaining 3 get saddled with a baby whilst on the run and decide to take it back to the town they have just robbed. Things don't go to plan in this story of redemption.
Chester Morris (Bob) is good as the mean guy whilst Lewis Stone (Doc) is likable as the educated, wise older man of the trio. However, Walter Brennan (Gus) is warm as he usually is but annoying as he also usually is. He plays the comedy character with a grating voice. The film is a bit too over-the-top with its theme and too obvious and has a few scenes at the beginning that string things out a little unnecessarily.
The earlier version bonds the 3 lead characters more tightly together as they witness the death of the mother of the baby who makes them all agree to be the godfathers, hence the three godfathers. There is no such scene in this version. It's still an ok film, though.
This film is ok as it stands. There are 4 outlaws who ride into a goody two-shoes God-fearing town called New Jerusalem and one gets shot fleeing the bank robbery that they carry out. The remaining 3 get saddled with a baby whilst on the run and decide to take it back to the town they have just robbed. Things don't go to plan in this story of redemption.
Chester Morris (Bob) is good as the mean guy whilst Lewis Stone (Doc) is likable as the educated, wise older man of the trio. However, Walter Brennan (Gus) is warm as he usually is but annoying as he also usually is. He plays the comedy character with a grating voice. The film is a bit too over-the-top with its theme and too obvious and has a few scenes at the beginning that string things out a little unnecessarily.
The earlier version bonds the 3 lead characters more tightly together as they witness the death of the mother of the baby who makes them all agree to be the godfathers, hence the three godfathers. There is no such scene in this version. It's still an ok film, though.