Ritter der Prärie (1954)

Ritter der Prärie: Directed by André De Toth. With Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor, Howard Petrie. A bounty hunter, hired by Pinkerton, trails 3 unknown murderous train robbers to a town and finds a host of suspects.

“I know Randolph Scott made close to seventy westerns and itu0026#39;s hard sometimes to tell them apart. Even I have wondered to myself, u0026quot;Have I seen this one?u0026quot; while picking out a weekend matinee. If youu0026#39;re trying to pick out a Saturday afternoon western, pick The Bounty Hunter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eScottie McScottie Pants gives a fantastic performance, different than any other in the dozens of dozens of westerns he made. Heu0026#39;s not the villain in this one, but heu0026#39;s not exactly a hero. Heu0026#39;s a bounty hunter who disrupts a small town when he conducts his covert search for his latest conquest. Heu0026#39;s charming to all and quickly assesses what each resident needs to open up. With the saloon girl, he flirts; with the doctor, heu0026#39;s intelligent. His eyes constantly roam for assassins, he crouches under doorways, and he doesnu0026#39;t buy any lie. He leads people to talking with a simple u0026quot;Yeah?u0026quot; or u0026quot;Really?u0026quot; then focuses to figure out what theyu0026#39;re really telling him. In one great, brief moment, heu0026#39;s told the classic, u0026quot;He went that way,u0026quot; but before he heads in u0026quot;thatu0026quot; direction, he looks behind the informer to make sure the bad guy isnu0026#39;t lurking in the shadows.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Members of the Board at Hot Toasty Rag were very proud to reward Randolph Scott with a Rag nomination for The Bounty Hunter. It also won Best Dramatic Screenplay, too! Clever, funny, tense, and exciting, this western is not to be missed.”