Trenchant story thrives on tightly knit script, fluidly directed by William Witney. James Dunn, best remembered for his Oscar-winning portrayal of a weak character in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," is immaculately cast as the blarney-spewing politico Cosgrove. Sounding a cautionary chord that could not be more resonant today, the script paints Cosgrove as a shallow populist whose lazy approach to complicated land issues plants seeds of ecological disaster. Mild flirtation between Roberta Shore's Betsy and a fumbling cavalry officer played by Martin West offers light diversion from heavy theme. Wallflowerish character actor Arthur Space earns his closeups as Cosgrove's resentful lackey.
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Echoes of McLintock and Sea Of Grass
bkoganbing16 January 2021
Sharp western fans should recognize the parallels between this Virginian episode and
elements of McLintock. As you remember John Wayne was quite against Gordon
Jones bringing in all those 'pilgrims' to take grazing land over for farms. In fact
the Tracy/Hepburn western Sea Of Grass was all about that.
That's what NYC Representative James Dunn is doing here. Maybe he's thinking of moving to Wyoming and transferring a whole constituency with him. But the lease that Shiloh and other ranches have on some federal land they use for grazing has expired and these new settlers are moving in.
James Dunn who his whole career slung the Irish blarney with the best of them does a wonderful job as the fast talking Representative who is on a first name basis with Cobb. You might also want to take note of Arthur Space his aide who does Dunn dirt by taking advantage of said gift for gab.
That's what NYC Representative James Dunn is doing here. Maybe he's thinking of moving to Wyoming and transferring a whole constituency with him. But the lease that Shiloh and other ranches have on some federal land they use for grazing has expired and these new settlers are moving in.
James Dunn who his whole career slung the Irish blarney with the best of them does a wonderful job as the fast talking Representative who is on a first name basis with Cobb. You might also want to take note of Arthur Space his aide who does Dunn dirt by taking advantage of said gift for gab.
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