Draw! 1984
Draw!
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
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Full Cast & Crew... Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
... Sam Starret
... Bess
... Deputy Wally Blodgett
... Reggie Bell
... Moses
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See All 1 Reviews08 Sep 2022 by CinemaSerf
I think perhaps both Kirk Douglas and James Coburn might have wished they had left their guns in their holsters if they ever got round to watching this really mediocre and tired drama that rather sells the genre short. The former is ageing outlaw "Holland" who has just been released from a long term in prison. He heads to a local town where he alights on a crooked poker game. He proceeds to fleece "Bell" (Derek McGrath) but in a contretemps afterwards, kills the sheriff and himself is shot before fleeing into a local hotel. It's the traditional Mexican stand off - and to Mexico, they got to find the solution. An equally aged and past his use-by-date "Starret" (Coburn) who is coaxed from his bottle to come and face down "Holland" on behalf of the petrified townsfolk. It tries it's hand at humour, and there is no getting away from the fact that both actors do exude lots of charisma, but the whole thing just looks cheap and cheerful. The dialogue is pedestrian, and the gunfights look more like circus performances than than anything we would have seen at the "OK Corral". Unlike John Wayne's last effort "The Shootist" (1976) which respected the genre and his part in it's development, this really just provides two screen legends with a poorly thought out, semi-comic, series of escapades that make for a really disappointing made-for-television swan song for both.
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Release Date:
Jul 15, 1984 (Canada,United States)
Run Time:
1hr 38`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
Canada,United States
Status:
Released
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I think perhaps both Kirk Douglas and James Coburn might have wished they had left their guns in their holsters if they ever got round to watching this really mediocre and tired drama that rather sells the genre short. The former is ageing outlaw "Holland" who has just been released from a long term in prison. He heads to a local town where he alights on a crooked poker game. He proceeds to fleece "Bell" (Derek McGrath) but in a contretemps afterwards, kills the sheriff and himself is shot before fleeing into a local hotel. It's the traditional Mexican stand off - and to Mexico, they got to find the solution. An equally aged and past his use-by-date "Starret" (Coburn) who is coaxed from his bottle to come and face down "Holland" on behalf of the petrified townsfolk. It tries it's hand at humour, and there is no getting away from the fact that both actors do exude lots of charisma, but the whole thing just looks cheap and cheerful. The dialogue is pedestrian, and the gunfights look more like circus performances than than anything we would have seen at the "OK Corral". Unlike John Wayne's last effort "The Shootist" (1976) which respected the genre and his part in it's development, this really just provides two screen legends with a poorly thought out, semi-comic, series of escapades that make for a really disappointing made-for-television swan song for both.
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Draw!
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
... Sam Starret
... Bess
... Deputy Wally Blodgett
... Reggie Bell
... Moses
... Ephraim
... Poker Player
... Mr. Gibson
... Eugene Lippert - Edito,r 'Bell City Gazette'
... Mordecai Hurwitz - General Store
... Teresa
... Circuit Judge Fawcett
... Lenny
... Sheriff Harmon
... Dr. West