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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
This movie is better than "Guns of Navarone"? I don't think so!
It seems a lot of people liked this movie well enough to count it better (by 1/10 percentage point) than "The Guns Of Navarone." That's hard for me to believe. "Guns" was an early story in Alastair MacLean's books, and includes lots more invention than "Eagles." By the time he got around to this story, his whole shtick was well-established. If you had read enough of his books ("Breakhart Pass" included) you knew going in the hero was the most evil-seeming character (Richard Burton), and all the heroics would prove him the one who wins. I read the book long before the movie came out, and the movie didn't do anything to change my opinion of the story. The acting by the lead characters did make the movie worth watching, but the story made it difficult to stay with.
Rebus: The Falls (2006)
Not sure I agree with the other comment - but, then, I haven't read the books.
For 90 minutes they manage to get in a lot of character development. I look forward to seeing any and all of the previous - or later "Rebus" stories.
I find lots of new characters in stories on British (aka PBS and BBC America) television. I'll have to admit I'm partial to British mysteries. They know a lot more about how to make a story a story instead of "defaulting" to gore, violence and destruction. That plus, as I said above, REAL character development and REAL characters.
P.S. I'm absolutely overwhelmed by Claire Price. She's beautiful and thoroughly believable in the Detective Sergeant character.
Shane (1953)
A classic western. Good (almost) versus evil (very!)
A movie to be remembered. It's still the same story. The good guy shows up from somewhere to help defeat the bad guy. The difference is the depth of the story; the location; and the actors - don't forget the actors. George Stevens did a hell of a job directing, too.
The Ride Back (1957)
Well-done psychological study
Ahead of its time story relying on psychological impact of stress on a sherrif trying to take a prisoner back for trial. Little shoot-em-up, lots more dialogue.
Bill Conrad, while still Matt Dillon on the radio, plays a thoroughly different character on the big screen.
I've liked this movie since I first saw it. It really stuck to my memory.