Panhandle (1948) DVD

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Panhandle (1948)

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writers:

John C. Champion (story), Blake Edwards (story)

Stars:

Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley

Regarded by some film buffs as the best of director Leslie Selander's many westerns, Panhandle stars Rod Cameron as an ex-lawman turned gunslinger. He hopes to bury his past and homestead in Texas, but his plans change when his newspaper-reporter brother (John Champion) is killed. Reluctantly, Cameron buckles on his gun belt and heads out for retribution against crooked gambler Reed Hadley. Making his screenwriting debut, Blake Edwards (who also coproduced the film and played a small supporting role) does his best to steer free of cliches, structuring his script in the manner of the detective stories Edwards had been churning out for radio. No mere B picture, Panhandle was permitted to unspool at an "A" length of 84 minutes. To further assure audience approval, Blake Edwards rewrote the ending, in which hero Rod Cameron had originally been killed off.

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Panhandle

Posted by Paul Dellinger on Jul 31st 2024

Future movie director Blake Edwards not only had a hand in scripting this noir western, he appears in the cast as a nasty gunman. Some “adult” scenes for the time between Rod Cameron and Anne Gwynn’ and lots of cigar-chewing menace from Reed Hadley. A brutal saloon fight and street shootout should make the action fans happy. Print was just a little rough or I’d have given it five stars.