Every movie buff knows that Universal Studios produced several dozens of westerns between early fifties till the late sixties, let's say 1968, the latest made by the likes of RG Springsteen. All those westerns rarely got beyond 80 minutes but the bulk of them was very interesting to watch, for instance APACHE DRUMS, RED SUNDOWN, QUANTEZ and of course this very one: NO NAME ON THE BULLET. A western that I would put on the same scale as WARLOCK or any other fancy Twentieth Century Fox sophisticated, intellectual stuff, starring Richard Wdmark, Robert wagner or Jeffery Hunter. What a terrific topic, so brilliant, which scheme reminds me something familiar, in the line of the French masterpiece: LE CORBEAU; not the same topic, but an outstanding deep psychological character study of a small town community. Small community atmosphere has always been evoked in many American films. And also here one of the most unforgettable Audie Murphy's performances. So ambivalent, so terrifying. Terrific. Alfred Hitchcock's spirit is not far from this exciting story.
Review of No Name on the Bullet
