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...Bush Administration, whose use of executive order and veto power will cripple the cause for equal rights and crumble the wall of separation between church and state. The party that mustered Congressional majorities for posting the Ten Commandments and holding mandatory prayer in schools but failed to pass sensible gun regulation after Columbine or hate-crimes laws after Matthew Shepard's murder is itching to appoint the next few Supreme Court justices...
...Trailers: One of the best sources for Lewis's films on VHS/DVD is Movies Unlimited (moviesunlimited.com). Although some titles mentioned above were never issued on video, and "Gun Crazy" is currently unavailable, "The Big Combo," "Terror in a Texas Town," and a number of other Lewis titles are in plentiful supply. For information on Lewis's career, the best places to go are Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It" and Francis M. Nevins Jr's "Joseph H. Lewis: Overview, Interview, and Filmography...
...Lewis directed "Gun Crazy," his most famous title and without a doubt one of the best lovers-on-the-run movies ever made. Inspired by the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde, the film offers up a "weak sister" who's an expert marksman ("Rope"'s John Dall) as he falls in love with a sharpshooting femme fatale (British actress Peggy Cummins). Upon its release, the film became an critical success here and in Europe, and has remained a cult favorite for the last half-century. The reason is simple: Lewis pulled out all the stops, letting his visuals convey...
...While "Gun Crazy" was Lewis's own favorite of all his films, many crime-movie aficionados revere his superb noir "The Big Combo" (1955). The film contains absolutely exquisite visuals, courtesy of Lewis and top noir cinematographer John Alton, but its most distinctive quality is the way in which the bad guy, Richard Conte, perpetually outshines straight arrow Cornel Wilde. Conte is charming, determined (his credo: "First is first and second is nobody!"), and very, very suave as gangster "Mr. Brown," whereas Wilde is a bore as his police detective nemesis. It's no wonder then that Lewis loved...
...Before his retirement in 1958, Lewis returned to making westerns. His last film, "Terror in a Texas Town," is a truly odd affair that, like "Gun Crazy" unfolds with dream-logic. The unforgettable opening, for instance, finds Sterling Hayden striding valiantly toward a classically styled showdown - toting a harpoon on his shoulder. An unseen gunfighter mocks him for his choice of weapon, and the movie proceeds, in one long flashback, to explain how Hayden got into this strange predicament. "Terror" is not Lewis's finest western, but it does stand as a fitting conclusion to his body of work...