"Great Day in the Morning" is a movie by RKO which is set just before the start of the US Civil War and is set in the Colorado Territory (it didn't becomes a state until 1876). Owen (Robert Stack) has arrived in town and soon ends up winning a saloon in a poker game with the local bossman (Raymond Burr). However, being a Southerner originally, Owen soon sees that folks thereabouts are divided--with Yankees and Rebs about to kill each other. Additionally, the Rebs own gold mines and are planning on shipping it to the South to help them in the war. What's next? Stuff.
This is an okay movie...not bad, not good. Much of it is because Robert Stack is a bit wooden in the lead and none of the Southerners sound very Southern, though the story itself is mildly interesting and filmed in color. The writing....it's decent though nothing amazing. Worth seeing...or skipping.
This is an okay movie...not bad, not good. Much of it is because Robert Stack is a bit wooden in the lead and none of the Southerners sound very Southern, though the story itself is mildly interesting and filmed in color. The writing....it's decent though nothing amazing. Worth seeing...or skipping.