Virgil_Hilts_1964
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This, along with Wanted Dead or Alive, was one of the better written and scripted of the routine weekly western TV dramas that glutted late 1950s TV.
Robert Culp was unique in his character of Hobie Gilman. Gilman looked for the moral justice behind each situation he found himself in. It was not just 30 minutes of chase 'em and shoot 'em.
Interestingly, Steve McQueen got his first shot at a TV series by playing Josh Randall on an episode of Track Down. His spin off series Wanted Dead or Alive was also a unique series, and launched another great actor's career.
By today's standards, yes, most of the 1950s westerns were formulaic. But if you have the time to catch a group of them for comparison, Track Down stands out. Culp is a great actor, as subsequently shown in every piece of work he did later on.
Robert Culp was unique in his character of Hobie Gilman. Gilman looked for the moral justice behind each situation he found himself in. It was not just 30 minutes of chase 'em and shoot 'em.
Interestingly, Steve McQueen got his first shot at a TV series by playing Josh Randall on an episode of Track Down. His spin off series Wanted Dead or Alive was also a unique series, and launched another great actor's career.
By today's standards, yes, most of the 1950s westerns were formulaic. But if you have the time to catch a group of them for comparison, Track Down stands out. Culp is a great actor, as subsequently shown in every piece of work he did later on.
I am a great fan of both Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood, but this movie just didn't work, for me anyway. I had a hard time buying into Josh Randall and "The Great Natalie Wood" portrayed as a couple of blue collar losers. It appeared like someone just wanted the hottest male and female actors of that period to star with each other as soon as possible and "Stranger" was the first script that came along.
They both looked good. That is, they were still young; McQueen was trim and rakish at 33; Wood was still only 25 and as hot as she ever looked. Hard to believe she had been a major star for a decade and was still only in her mid-twenties.
But the script was flat and depressing. Being filmed in black and white didn't help it either. The scenery was depressing.
I'd rather have seen them opposite each other in The Thomas Crown Affair. I'm still trying to figure out how things would have worked out if McQueen had accepted the first offer to play the Sundance Kid opposite Paul Newman (which he turned down because he could not get top billing over Newman and thus entered Robert Redford). What if Newman, McQueen and Wood had been the three lead characters in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid? Or McQueen and Wood were in Bonnie & Clyde together? (I read somewhere that Wood was Warren Beatty's first choice for Bonnie but Robert Wagner wouldn't let her do it due her previous affair with Beatty when they starred in Splendor in the Grass).
All this aside, every woman I know that saw this movie said it was great. I guess this is what they mean by a "Chick Flick".
They both looked good. That is, they were still young; McQueen was trim and rakish at 33; Wood was still only 25 and as hot as she ever looked. Hard to believe she had been a major star for a decade and was still only in her mid-twenties.
But the script was flat and depressing. Being filmed in black and white didn't help it either. The scenery was depressing.
I'd rather have seen them opposite each other in The Thomas Crown Affair. I'm still trying to figure out how things would have worked out if McQueen had accepted the first offer to play the Sundance Kid opposite Paul Newman (which he turned down because he could not get top billing over Newman and thus entered Robert Redford). What if Newman, McQueen and Wood had been the three lead characters in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid? Or McQueen and Wood were in Bonnie & Clyde together? (I read somewhere that Wood was Warren Beatty's first choice for Bonnie but Robert Wagner wouldn't let her do it due her previous affair with Beatty when they starred in Splendor in the Grass).
All this aside, every woman I know that saw this movie said it was great. I guess this is what they mean by a "Chick Flick".