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Write something about Audie Murphy is a pleasure, a have almost all your pictures at a very special spot in my collection, he made a fortune on those B-westerns, earned much more money that some many famous actors, his charisma brought to him countless followers like myself, in another fantastic performance Audie plays a jerk trapper who is charge from his priceless uncle to sell all furs, in the middle he gets almost a gift a young blonde girl, trying out find a job to her on the crowed town, there he stays enchanted by a woman which shall see has an "Easy Life", a matter of fact that he actually wasn't civilized enough to understand how works a modern city on west, he has funniest moments to share us, Sandra Dee was gorgeous in this role, plays a perfect young innocent girl from the countryside, the chemistry is quite noticed, all viewers stayed anxious practically the entire movie for the best endind!!!

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First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25

I really should have given it a 5 of 10, but it just felt good to watch.

This movie reminds me of some of the Elvis movies where they surrounded him with great character actors. Audie was famous years before Elvis, but in a different way. I would not be surprised if Audie was a hero of Elvis.

Anyway, this is a vehicle movie made for Audie, and it works fine. Audie is a good actor, and you will always get what you expect from one of his movies. Sandra Dee is good as well; she conveys much with her pouty face without ever saying a word.

Worth watching.

In Wyoming a mountain man goes to the nearest town to sell his pelts, across the way he meets an innocent, runaway girl : Sandra Dee and both of whom join to go his destination . There he attempts to save her from the claws of the Saloon owner who at the same time results to be the nasty sheriff : Gilbert Roland of the little town . Along the way, Murphy falls in love for a Saloon Girl : Joanne Dru who is alienated by the townspeople . The wild and wonderful story of the exciting young frontier !

A decent and attractive Western about two innocent people who become involved in problem when they go to a noisy town to trade pelts and where inhabitants attempt to take advantage of them . It contains thrills, emotion, fights , duels, though no much action. Audie Murphy as a mountain trapper gives a nice interpretation in his usual style, though this time he plays an innocent as well as tough man. Murphy, who died early due to a plane accident plane, had a short life but a prolific cinematic career, outstanding in Western genre, starring a lot of them , such as : Sierra, Ride a crooked trail, Billy the Kid, Red Badge of Valor, Duel at Silver Crek, Cimarron Kid , but being his two biggest successes : the drama titled The Quiet Man and the warlike movie To Hell and Back. His partenaire is the famous teen of the 50s : Sandra Dee as the girl in distress who Murphy wants to save from her shameful job as a Saloon girl. Alongside the always beautiful Joanne Dru as woman isolated by the local citizens, Jim Backus as the hardware seller , Strother Martin in a sympathetic role , Peter Breck, George Mitchell and of course the veteran secondary Gilbert Roland as a corrupt sheriff.

It packs a colorful and evocative cinematography by Harald Lipstein. As well as thrilling and moving musical score by Hans J Salter. The motion picture originally titled The Wild Innocents was professionally made by Jack Sher, though it has some flaws and gaps. Sher was usually a writer, and produced some films and directed a few movies , such as : Kathy O, Love in a Goldfish Bowl, Four girls in Town, and his greatest hit : The 3 worlds of Gulliver. Rating : 6/10. Acceptable and passable. The movie will appeal to Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee fans.

An Audie Murphy western from 1959. Murphy plays a fur trapping rube sent by his family into town to ply his wares. On his journey he comes in contact w/a family of bumpkins led by a scheming father (Strother Martin) out to steal his furs but when caught, he offers up his daughter played by Sandra Dee. Once in town, Murphy, who prides himself on his decency & book smarts, finds himself constantly undermined by drunk cowboys, dance hall ladies & even the sheriff who provides his unwelcome companion to become the newest member of the establishment he owns. Running a slim ninety minutes or so, this intriguing tale wins many points for taking its time carving out the episodic nature of this story as our hero gains wisdom & experience in the face of the casual barbarity of the town's denizens. One of Murphy's best. Also starring Jim Backus (Thurston Howell the 3rd from Gilligan's Island) who plays the general store owner who is at constant odds w/his wife.

Anything with Audie Murphy in it is worth a look-see so right there and then it is worth watching for that. We get a glimpse of the Wild West only more tamed but still a ways to go with people in town consisting of two factions; the respectable and the not so respectable. True to life depicting the hard ship and the rewards of living on the frontier in the later stages of its development toward becoming more civilized. Murphy plays a character that is peaceful, has virtue and wants to do right and hurt no one and it works but we are also pleased to find out he has boundaries too. As usual, we got horses, mules, trappers, Indians, gun-play, good guys, bad guys and a love interest. Some tender scenes with some mild violence and of course a happy ending to make it all go down just right. As Westerns go, this is not a stand-out or even a good word of mouth movie but an okay time spent if you do watch. Get a sandwich, a drink and settle in.