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Ramrod [DVD]

Joel McRea (Actor), Veronica Lake (Actor), André De Toth (Director) Rated: Parental Guidance Format: DVD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 155 ratings
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Format PAL
Contributor Joel McRea, Charlie Ruggles, André De Toth, Ray Teal, Lloyd Bridges, Veronica Lake, Donald Crisp, Don DeFore, Nestor Paiva, Arleen Whelan, Preston Foster See more
Runtime 1 hour and 35 minutes
Studio BBC
Colour Black & White

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Classic western from 1947. Connie Dickson (Veronica Lake) plans to marry a sheep rancher, but her father teams up with land baron Frank Ivey to drive the man out of town. Fiery Connie, determined to fight Ivey to the bitter end, takes over her ex-fiance's land and hires Dave Nash (Joel McCrea) to run the ranch as her ramrod. Dave, a reformed drunk, insists on doing everything by the book. Little does he know that Connie has taken matters into her own hands, and gone behind his back. Armed with his cowboy code of honour, Dave manoeuvres a dangerous world of greed, lies, and murder in this old fashioned tale featuring two of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1940s.

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  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 g
  • Director ‏ : ‎ André De Toth
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 35 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 29 July 2013
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Joel McRea, Veronica Lake, Charlie Ruggles, Preston Foster, Don DeFore
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Simply Media
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CBMST62
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Mr. R. N. Willcox
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ramrod
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2013
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    Andre de Toth's dark western of 1947 is an overlooked masterpiece. A cast headed by Joel McCrea and DeToth's then wife Veronica Lake make for 95 mins of exciting entertainment. Nice print too. For those fans of Detoth's work with Randolph Scott at Warners in the Fifties, this is a must.
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  • RON HILLS
    5.0 out of 5 stars another joel mccrae western movie
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2014
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    Joel Mccrae made many western movies. This is a fairly early one from the 1940s, made in black and white. A decent transfer to dvd and an enjoyable movie.
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  • John R. Gidley
    5.0 out of 5 stars old fashioned great western
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2017
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    I enjoyed this western , and this dvd was great value too ,classic western story with great actors
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  • hgd4az2
    3.0 out of 5 stars ramrod
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2018
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    too many freezes. had to purchase a second copy....I should have been refunded for the 1st.
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  • A. W. Wilson
    4.0 out of 5 stars RAMROD from ARROW ACADEMY (BLURAY) REGION B2)
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2018
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    This review is for the ARROW BLURAY released 2018. An excellent transfer. Very good picture (B/W Ratio 1.37:1 looks like 4.3 but just maybe a bit larger???), good sound and optional English Subtitles (seen better, but acceptable). Loads of extras, commentaries and documentaries (not seen by me). I have to acknowledge that I am a bit of a minority here, as I find the film depressing and just a bit too "noir" (shades of "Blood on the Moon and "Pursued"), but I also acknowledge that it's a damn well made film - plenty of plot, action and gunfights and fist fights - (Joel and Lloyd Bridges scrap particularly realistic). On a very few occasions I find myself disagreeing with a much respected fellow reviewer (sorry Bob) - I thought both Lake (who I love) and Arleen Whelan miscast, but hey... The support cast is good - Preston Foster as Ivey radiates aggression and menace, his gang includes Ray Teal, Hal Talaiferro, Mike Ragan and Wally Cassel as a vicious strongarm aid to Foster. The scenery and photography is pretty breathtaking, but what really stopped 5 stars was the scene (minor spoiler) where Foster and his gang hunt Don Defore (also very good). This scene seems interminable. Andre, what were you thinking? Western fans who don't already own a copy or know the film should definitley try this ARROW BLURAY. I just wish I could have enjoyed it just a little bit more than I did.
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  • hillwalker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ramrod
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 February 2014
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    Lovely copy with clear sound . Has not dated in any way and this film is proof that a good story will always win out .
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  • Helen Gillyon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Joel McCrea
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2015
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    Excellent B&W western, Joel McCrea excellent as always, good quality movie - I like this one!
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  • Bob Salter
    5.0 out of 5 stars She's a Woman and Doesn't Need to use Guns!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2014
    The western novelist Luke Short , on whose novel this film is based, is perhaps best remembered for his complex range war stories. His novel "Blood on the Moon" was also made into a very fine film starring Robert Mitchum in 1948. This film by Hungarian director Andre deToth is every bit as good. Combining the complexity of the novel with atmospheric black and white photography and some fine acting, it is quite an impressive tour de Force. The uber feminine Veronica Lake, unusually for the period, is the catalyst for the unfolding events of the story. She inherits a ranch when her sheepman partner is run out of town. She declares "I'm going to make a life of my own. And being a woman, I won't need to use guns". She is true to her word, and takes on her father and a powerful cattleman he is allied to, played by Preston Foster, who will stop at nothing to hold what he has. It has all the making of another range war story! But it manages to avoid that oft used horse opera route with some flair and originality. It even refreshingly manages to break some new ground along the way

    The offbeat casting helps with the films originality. Veronica Lake was known more for her femme fatale roles in film noirs, and certainly not for westerns. She helps the noirish feel to the film no end, and gives the sort of performance that you would like to have seen more in westerns. Alas that was never to be! The fact that Andre deToth was her husband at the time may have helped him secure her talented services! She is the pole star around which the other stars revolve! And they revolve very well! Joel McCrea convinces as the dependable and honest "Ramrod" of the title who is taken in by the scheming Miss Lake. Was there a better actor to personify those traits? McCrea also displays some very fine on screen horsemanship! He is pitted against Preston Foster who is surprisingly good as the heavy. Veteran Donald Crisp is an elderly lawman and Lloyd Bridges is one of Foster's henchmen. Don DeFore also deserves mention as an ally of McCrea's who is also mesmerised by Miss Lake's obvious charms.

    The shadowy, atmospheric photography reminded me of that other very fine psychological noir western "Pursued", also made in 1947. Colour is not required to enhance the beauty of the location filming in Zion National Park, Utah, a location that should have been used more. The plot sparkles with intelligence, and contains for a western, many twists and turns. There is even attention to detail in a fight scene, which is unusually realistic for the period. I particularly enjoyed the tracking scene, which was not bettered until "The Stalking Moon"(69) and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"(69). The same director made the equally impressive western "Day of the Outlaw"(59), which is also worth seeking out. This film is well scripted, well acted, well directed and well worth watching! It has to be worth 5 stars!
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  • patrick schoonvaere
    5.0 out of 5 stars TRANSACTION RAPIDE
    Reviewed in France on 4 June 2021
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    TOP+++++

    DVD REMASTERED

    PARFAIT
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifico
    Reviewed in Italy on 25 June 2019
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    Tutto
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  • José Luis Goñi
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ovejeros y vaqueros una historia contada muchas veces en el cine . Un buen film en B/N imprescindible
    Reviewed in Spain on 1 July 2018
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    Un westren poco visto. Copia en buen estado. Mantiene la atención del espectador y le permite pasar un buen rato de evasión.
    Los actores cumplen con sus cometidos
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  • Zorglub
    5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Joel McCrea performance.
    Reviewed in Canada on 15 September 2013
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    Excellent movie. Excellent story. Beautiful characters and well-acted. Very much worth the price of admission. Great western like most Joel McCrea's other westerns.
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  • Kay's Husband
    5.0 out of 5 stars DAVE NASH--RAMROD.
    Reviewed in the United States on 16 September 2008
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    A ramrod or segundo is the owner's man, his or her representative standing between the owner and range crew. In this case Dave Nash, newly appointed ramrod, is called upon to stand not only between his boss and the crew but also every other cattleman on the range. The reason is that the the 66 outfit is contemplating introduction of sheep to what has been up to now only open range cattle country.

    As the film opens, we seem to be getting 'in medias res' after certain things have happened, events of which we have no information. As things move along many things become clear, however, the cheating, lying, murder, and out-and-out villany continue to unfold anew. As one character eventually states, too many men have died in this unofficial range war. For it has become open season, with many characters, including Dave Nash, to have seemingly changed their typical, accepted pattern of behavior.

    This film of 1947 follows the Macmillian hardcover book by Luke Short (Frederick D. Glidden) from 1943, which by 1944 in hardcover had already reached its 3rd printing. The mass market paperback has been in print down to the present day, and can be fairly easily located in 2nd hand stores even now. I've had a Bantam paperback on my shelves for many a year, and one interesting thing about the movie is that it follows the book fairly well, which in itself is rather unusual for a Hollywood western of that time or any time.

    Another unusual feature of both book and film is the behavior of Connie, or as one person said in another western novel she appears to be "crazy as a tree full of owls". She will deceive anyone to obtain what she wants, but true to fashion once she gets it, it doesn't satisfy, isn't really what she wants at all. And in the process she loses her largest strengths: Bill Schell and Dave Nash. Schell is shot in the back killed by Frank Ivy and Dave Nash finally gets a clear view of Connie's destructive focus, only to walk away before being destroyed.

    One person who generally doesn't receive much attention in this movie from reviewers is the Rose Leland character. Arleen Whelan plays her part in this film and for me Arleen pretty much steals the show, talk about a woman of strength and uncommon understanding! Though much will be said of Mrs. Andre De Toth (Veronica Lake) and I've seen many of her films due to my advanced age, I find Veronica very much out-of-character in a Luke Short western, or any western for that matter. She is more at home as the femme fatal of noir mysteries with her blonde, flowing hair streaming down covering her eyes. In this picture she has to keep her hair fairly pinned up, prim and proper, and though playing an unprincipled and somewhat amoral woman, she is rather subdued, even petulant.

    All of this aside, RAMROD is still a very interesting western to watch. Filmed in black and white it offers a stark quality to the film, and with DeToth trying to be faithful as possible to Luke Short's book, several innovative angles are brought forth in the filming. Not just another western, this is one that will call for re-viewing as one trys to gain as much as one can from all semi-classic gyrations, twists and turns. As time would show, RAMROD certainly started De Toth upward on his road to eventual cinematic fame.

    Semper Fi.
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