Robbers' Roost

1955

Drama / Western

5
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 477 477

gang cattle-rustler

Director

Sidney Salkow Photo
Sidney Salkow

Top cast

William Hopper Photo
William Hopper as Robert Bell
Leo Gordon Photo
Leo Gordon as Jeff
George Montgomery Photo
George Montgomery as Jim 'Tex' Wall
Leonard P. Geer Photo
Leonard P. Geer as Sparrow
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
766.41 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 1
1.39 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by hitchcockthelegend 5 / 10

Crim Coop.

Robbers' Roost is directed by Sidney Salkow and Salkow co-adapts the screenplay from a Zane Grey story with John O'Dea and Maurice Geraghty. It stars George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Sylvia Findley, Peter Graves, Tony Romano, Warren Stevens and Leo Gordon. Music is by Paul Dunlap and cinematography by Jack Draper.As a huge Western fan it's disappointing to find such a damn fine cast operating in such a mundane Oater. It's not bad by any stretch of the imagination, it's just so ordinary and sits with a host of other 1950s genre pieces that fail to ignite and add something interesting to a standard tale. Here we have two rival gangs of cowpokes working for one man, the reason for hiring both sets of rivals is tenuous at best. Anyhoo, the two mobs must try and get along enough to get the job done, only a couple of the main players have hidden agendas. While of course right in the middle is a tough gal, creating untold amounts of sexual tension.The story unfolds in steady sedate fashion, the odd moments of action perking the pace occasionally, with plenty of macho posturing on show, while the ever lingering cloud of intrigue keeps the interest ticking by. Once the agendas are revealed the pic kicks into a higher gear, which builds tidily to the expected finale of few surprises.The location photography is most pleasant (Durango, Mexico) and the colour lenses are also easy on the eye. But it's ultimately a waste of good casting and a potent premise, leaving us with an average Oater that's more a gap filler than a must see for genre fans. 5/10
Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Efficient and routine B-Western with enough elements to be attractive

Robbers' Roost (1955) is a nice Western with routine elements but providing an interesting screenplay that allowed director to keep thrilling at its own movement and relentless gallop. It contains attractive and charming images that , in the eyes of connoisseurs makes it enjoyable enough in his B-kind. Stars Jim Tex Wall (George Montgomery) who is searching for three men killed his wife and stole his horses and he then joins a band of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays (Richard Boone). Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman (Peter Graves), have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick (Bruce Bennett), a cripple in wheelchair-bound who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his abundant herd to market. Herrick theorizes that the two bands will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. While his sister Helen (Sylvia Findley) has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. The only one Helen gets some confidence is with Tex, but when she discovers his dark past, she rejects him. Caught in the battle between the gangs when one crosses and double-crosses the other, Tex now finds the man he is looking for. Outlaw gang war!. The most savage killers lair in the West!... If You Rode In With A Badge On Your Chest---You Were Carried Out With A Bullet In Your Back!.One gun against hundred and the winner gets the woman!.The killers lair where women went to the fastest draw.. and vultures waited for the slowest !.This exciting Western packs thrills, pursuits, spectacular struggles, crossfire , and lots of gutsy action. Brawling , sprawling , almost primitive action in which our starring is forced to carry out a merciless vengeance and go on the run, teeming across the screen by means of escapes, attacks, crosses, double-crosses and ambushes. The picture contains whirlwinds of manic action , fights , sustained energy and often commendable results. The film has a slickness and crude vigour, including impressive outdoors with rocky mountains stunningly photographed. This is a distinctive Western saga with a special look at Durango outdoors with its peculiarly chiseled rocks and canyons and other countryside landscapes. Features impressive as well as spectacular crossfire scenes punctuated with great action sequences. This is a stirring story about a revenger and his fight for find the nasty killers and director takes a fine penned script written by John O'Dea, Maurice Geraghty and himself, based on a story by prolific novelist y Zane Grey, a Western expert whose books have been very adapted, creating an agreeable tale that is far from ordinary, exploring the anguish and desperation of a man who seeks vendetta and villany of the murderers. The starring is a famous actor who starred B-series called George Montgomery. This good-looking actor George Montgomery gives an acceptable acting in his usual style as a stubborn revenger who finds himself working for a gang of cattle rustlers engaged in a turf war with a rival gang of outlaws. He was born to Ukranian immigrants and was a heavyweight boxer previously becoming an actor. Besides was a magnificent craftsman and built and designed houses, plus a self-taught artist, creating bronze busts for famed actors. He starred movies around the world and various genres: adventures (Watusi,Steel claw) , Warlike (Battle of Bulge, Hell of Borneo) and specially Western (Seminola uprising, Fort Ti, Last of badmen, Great duel in Durango). In the film, the large group of prestigious secondaries stands out, these include the following: Richard Boone, Bruce Bennett, Peter Graves, Warren Stevens, William Hopper, Stanley Clements and Leo Gordon.Goldstein-Jacks Productions and United Artists took advantage of the unused as well as left sets from other A-movies by scripting and shooting a hastily assembled B-picture. This is a good-natured Technicolor romp with glamorous cinematography by Jack Draper from Durango, Mexico and evocative musical score by Paul Sawtell. The motion picture was professionally directed by Sidney Salkow, a craftsman who had already filmed other Westerns. He realized all kind of genres such as routine westerns (Sitting Bull , The great Sioux massacre , Pathfinder), Adventures (Prince of Pirates , Sword of the avenger), war films , Sci-Fi (The last man on Earth) , Terror (Twice-told tales) and melodramas (City without men) . Salkow first worked for Republic, after joining Universal . At Columbia , he handled , among other assignments, four installments of the popular Lone Wolf series . After 1953, Salkow was primarily active as director of episodic television. Rating : 5.5/10, acceptable Western movie , entertaining stuff. Enjoyable and run-of-the-mill B-Western with incidents and action enough to be charming. It will appeal to George Montgomery and Richard Boone fans.
Reviewed by scottwelton-17431 7 / 10

Man... Boone was stoned

Dick Boone is the only reason to watch this fairly typical shoot em up, He's a hulking, laughing, skirt chasing liar and that's just for starters.My favorite is when washing up in the lake he makes sure to walk by the tent of Miss Findley waving his arms in circles, bare chested and grinning like crazy... Don't miss Boone in Hombre and The Tall T, where I think he wears the same baby blue scarf!Robbers Roost also has Leo Gordon, another great baddy but he's wasted by having hardly any screen time.George Montgomery was a great guy, used to hang out at Ben Franks coffee shop on Sunset Blvd. For years... and when I was a telephone installer, worked at his house in the Hollywood Hills, he was an artist and had carved wooden or maybe stone western pieces of cowboys ropin' and ridin'... They were beautiful!I think he did most of his furniture too!
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