By Andrew Sarris
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1952 Scan99 River road. 1954 dal Sheet, The Brigand. 1953 They Rode Hell's Island, Tight Spot, 5 opposed to the home, The West. 1955 Phenix urban tale. 1957 The Brothers Rico. 1958 Gunman's Bombshell, spouse sought after. — — — — stroll. \960— Hell to Eternity, Key Witness. 1961 — — —The — Ram- mystery methods, The younger medical professionals. 1962 child Galahad. 1963 web page. \966— The Silencers. 1969— The Wrecking staff. had a unusual rhythm all its personal. He and from 1944 via 1952, did little to draw awareness. women of the refrain has bought a retroactive cult composed of a few of the admirers of the overdue Marilyn Monroe in her pristine country, yet another way not anything a lot occurs till ninety nine River road. Then, in 1955, a Karlson variety emerges decisively in Hell's Island, Tight Spot, 5 opposed to the home, and The Phenix urban tale, images with extra caliber than status, curiously ambiguous motion heroes starting from past due John Payne to early Brian Keith. The Brothers Rico in 1957 remains to be Karlson's top movie; after which a petering out Gunman's stroll, Hell to Eternity, Key Witness, The younger medical professionals, Rampage, and The Silencers, the latter the simplest of the Dean Martin-Matt Phil Karlson's profession has all started slowly, THE AMERICAN CINEMA | 132 Helm takeoffs at the Bond craze, yet a deplorable style the entire comparable, regardless of Martin's allure and the goofy voluptuousness of Stella Stevens. child Galahad, Presley's top movie for the reason that Flaming megastar, and both unsuccessful on the field different oasis in a wilderness of decline. Karlson place of work, represents could have had undesirable with initiatives, however the facts of recession sooner than tion is complete an- good fortune recogni- too powerful to be denied. Karlson used to be such a lot own and best whilst he handled the phenomenon of violence in a global managed by means of geared up evil. His designated model of lynch hysteria establishes such an outrageous ethical imbalance that the main unthinkable violence releases the viewers from its helpless passivity. regrettably, an American director will get nowhere making motion pictures just like the Brothers Rico. The cosmopolitan style prejudices are too powerful. LEWIS (1900- JOSEPH H. motion pictures: 1937 tional secret agent. 1940 — braveness of West, making a song Outlaw, —The secret agent Ring, Border Wolves, The final Stand. the Interna- 1938 —Two-Fisted trainer, The ) Rangers, Blazing Six-Shooters, guy from Tumbleweeds, Boys — of town, Texas degree- The go back of Wild invoice, That Gang of Mine. 1941 The Invisible Ghost, satisfaction of the Bowery. 1942 Arizona Cyclone, Bombs Over Burma, The Sil- — ver Bullet, secrets and techniques of a Co-ed, The Boss — of Hangtown Mesa, The Mad Minstrel guy. 1945 general practitioner of industry highway. 1944 My identify The Swordsman. Is Julia Ross. 1946 So darkish the evening. 1947 1948 The go back of October. 1949 The Undercover guy, girl with no PassDeadly Is the feminine (or Gun Crazy). 1950 Cry of the Retreat, Hell! determined seek. 1953 port. 1952 Hunted. 1955 the large blend, A Lawless highway. 1956 the fear in a 7th Cavalry. 1957 The Halliday model. 1958 Texas city. — — — — — — — — again within the Spring 1962 factor of movie tradition, a critic, writing on "The excessive Forties Revisited," remarked: "If a few shiny new critic may still wake up the area to the benefits of Joseph Lewis within the close to destiny, we are going to need to scramble again to his 1940 list: Two-Fisted Rangers, Blazing Six-Shooters, Texas degree- EXPRESSIVE ESOTERICA | 133 guy from Tumbleweeds, Boys of town, go back of and That Gang of Mine.