{"id":72750,"date":"2021-06-11T18:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72750"},"modified":"2022-04-10T23:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T06:12:50","slug":"lawless-breed-the-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72750","title":{"rendered":"Lawless Breed, The (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I never killed a man except in self-defense.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Poster.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe gambling son (Rock Hudson) of a preacher (John McIntire) kills a man (Michael Ansara) in self-defense and is hunted down by the dead man&#8217;s vengeful brothers (Hugh O&#8217;Brian, Lee Van Cleef, and Glenn Strange); meanwhile, Hudson tries to earn money to marry his sweetheart (Mary Castle), while a beautiful barmaid (Julie Adams) pines for John (Hudson) despite knowing he&#8217;s in love with Jane (Castle).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>John McIntire Films<\/li>\n<li>Julie Adams Films<\/li>\n<li>Lee Van Cleef Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Raoul Walsh Films<\/li>\n<li>Rock Hudson Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a highly romanticized memoir by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wesley_Hardin\">real-life gunman John Westley Hardin<\/a>, this Technicolor western &#8212; directed by Raoul Walsh &#8212; is notable for featuring Rock Hudson in his first starring role, and for reuniting Hudson with Julie Adams of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16897\"><em>Creature From the Black Lagoon<\/em> (1954)<\/a> fame after they co-starred in Anthony Mann&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39981\"><em>Bend of the River<\/em> (1952)<\/a> and Budd Boetticher&#8217;s (non-GFTFF-listed) <em>Horizons West<\/em> (1952). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Adams-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there&#8217;s not much else to recommend about this movie, given that the storyline is pure hokum clearly drummed up by a man intending to whitewash his own murderous past. We get a brief sense of this through his fiancee (Castle), who rightfully calls him out on his desire for violence:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Castle-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;ll never stop killing&#8230; You&#8217;re not afraid of anyone, so long as you have a gun. So long as you can kill! &#8230; You&#8217;ll always have to prove you&#8217;re not afraid. You&#8217;ll always have to kill to prove it. How do you feel when you kill? Do you feel bad &#8212; or do you feel good?&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the storyline&#8217;s rather improbable ending &#8212; involving Hudson&#8217;s grown son (Race Gentry) &#8212; attempts to close the loop on this tentative theme; but none of it is robust enough to turn this into a truly compelling story. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some effectively filmed moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawless-Breed-Moment-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re a Walsh or Hudson completist. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0045992\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-lawless-breed\/review\/2030119233\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I never killed a man except in self-defense.&#8221; Synopsis: The gambling son (Rock Hudson) of a preacher (John McIntire) kills a man (Michael Ansara) in self-defense and is hunted down by the dead man&#8217;s vengeful brothers (Hugh O&#8217;Brian, Lee Van Cleef, and Glenn Strange); meanwhile, Hudson tries to earn money to marry his sweetheart (Mary Castle), while a beautiful barmaid (Julie Adams) pines for John (Hudson) despite knowing he&#8217;s in love with Jane (Castle). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ex-Cons&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72750\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72750"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82905,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72750\/revisions\/82905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}