Markus
Novel
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
Webb Seely
サム・ペキンパー監督が、古き良き開拓時代への惜別を込めて描く異色の西部劇。時代の流れに取り残された一人の男の風変わりな復讐譚がセンチメンタルに綴られてゆく。仲間に裏切られて砂漠の真ん中で一人取り残された主人公ケーブル・ホーグ。着の身着のままのケーブルは4日間歩き続けてついに水を掘り当て命拾いした。近くに駅馬車の通り道があると知ったケーブルはそこに給水所を作り、裏切り者が現われるのを待伏せるため、たった一人で砂漠生活を始めるのだった…。
Novel
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.
