The Texican [HD]

Major audio problems on Texican
Buyer beware on this video, the spoken audio track does not always match up well with the video. In fact, some of the voices used do not ever seem to be from the actor in the movie. Parts of the movie feel a poorly dubbed Godzilla movie. The picture quality of the movie is fair to good (but could be a lot better). As an Audie Murphy fan, I could not find this movie anywhere else so I had to get it.

Adrift in Spanish vistas
This is a nice film to look at thanks to longtime director of American Westerns Lesley Selander, Spanish cinematographer Francisco Marín, and stunning Spanish vistas. They almost make the film worthwhile.

Almost. The misnamed John Champion wrote a script so aimless that it failed to build tension in me. The final shootouts failed to disturb my heart rate. And I found the final stroll into the sunset is striking but uninspiring.

This qualifies as a Spaghetti Western, I suppose, even without the Italians' involvement. The music and the sound effects are unmistakable. This time, however, the many European supporting actors are poorly dubbed by bad American actors.

Somehow, this film fits comfortably into the Audie Murphy canon. I didn't find it as alien as the more famous Spaghetti Westerns. Audie's persona dominates in the usual way. He's in his familiar amiable mode despite his character's bent on vengence. By this time in his career (his third...

An Audie Murphy Spaghetti Western!
This film was canned in Europe (Spain)and hauntingly similar to the style set by Sergio Leone in his Eastwood "Man with No Name" trilogy. The supporting actors are mostly Spanish except for the familiar figure of screen heavy Broderick Crawford. There is a blending of the Hollywood Westerns and the Italian Spaghettis in this one. The dubbing is so obvious (typical of spaghetties)but the storyline is easy to follow (typical of Hollywood westerns). Murphy's boyish looking demeanor is still here but his age shows in this one. The protagoinists still dress decently and "cleanly" (typical of Hollywood). The only reference to the slovenly atmosphere, dirt and perspiration stink (in Spaghetties) are the presence of flies stealing the scenes in some shots. The gunfire (whistling type of blast)and the Morricone type of music (done to nauseating extremes) definitley makes this a Spaghetti western with its good qualities. The distracting and dizzying closeup-shots of Italian spaghettis...

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