The Meanest Men in the West (TV 1967)

A compilation of two episodes of "The Virginian" TV western series. Season 1 episode "It Tolls For Thee" (1962) guest star Lee Marvin, and season 6 episode "Reckoning" (1967) guest star Charles Bronson.

Directors:

Charles S. Dubin, Samuel Fuller

Writers:

Samuel Fuller (screenplay), Ed Waters (screenplay)

Stars:

Lee J. Cobb, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee J. Cobb	...	Judge Henry Garth (archive footage)
Charles Bronson	...	Harge Talbot Jr. (archive footage)
Lee Marvin	...	Kalig Talbot (archive footage)
Miriam Colon	...	Eva Talbot (archive footage)
James Drury	...	The Range Boss (The Virginian) (archive footage)
Albert Salmi	...	Quinn, Kalig Gang (archive footage)
Don Mitchell	...	Preble, Harge Gang (archive footage)
Sara Lane	...	Elizabeth Garth (archive footage)
Charles Grodin	...	Arnie Doud, Harge Gang (archive footage)
Brad Weston	...	Keeler, Harge Gang (archive footage)
Ross Hagen	...	Bassett, Harge Gang (archive footage)
Gary Clarke	...	Steve Hall (archive footage)
Michael Conrad	...	Harge Talbot Sr. (archive footage)
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Sharkey (archive footage) (as Warren Kemmerling)
Michael Milker	...	Cord, Kalig Gang (archive footage)

Storyline

An outlaw plans to kidnap the owner of a ranch and hold him for ransom. But first he has to get rid of the foreman whom he knows will stand in his way. So he tells his brother, whom he blames for their mother's death, that the foreman whom his brother knew betrayed him.

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 1978 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Der gefährlichste Mann des Westens

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revue Studios, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from The Virginian (1962)

User Reviews

They're there, but not really there.

What was this?! A complete botch. Kalig uses his half-brother Harge Talbot Jr (who he secretly hates for the death of his mother when he was born) in a plan to seek revenge against the judge who sent him to prison. Honestly I couldn't be bothered revealing much more because I came away feeling really gypped after expecting to get some Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin interaction. However their scenes are obviously edited together from totally different productions, which are supposedly two episodes of the western TV show "The Virginian". It's actually quite embarrassing and erratically staged. The way certain scenes are worked in are terrible, confusing and extremely unconvincing that found my snickering at the stock footage. Especially when Bronson and Marvin share the screen. Just look at those studio shots! ugh! From be it to the slipshod editing, what also brings it down was the non-existent direction, tacky music score and unusual photography. There so many odd filming techniques that try to cover it. It's just so hard to cut up this one because it's just lazy work. L.J Cobb also shows up on the same reel as the grizzled Marvin. Even with these names, everyone is pretty much on the sideline slumming it, with Marvin constantly staring and sneaking about. Gee, he might have just been as a viewer. The conventionally patchwork story is predictable from the get-go, with little purpose and a drone-like narrative that loosely draws up the two episodes together for one wretch story. Which manages to also drag. Sam Fuller's name is attached to it, but it's a fizzled effort. Even on their own, they wouldn't have made for anything of interest. The action sequences are useless and muddled. Pointless, just pointless.