
The Shootist
1976


“A Story Beyond Any Bigness the Screen Has Shown – The First Production from Warner Bros. in CinemaScope”
16 votes
Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.
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David ButlerStreaming availability for India
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The Square Peg and the Round Hole. The Command is directed by David Butler and adapted by Samuel Fuller and Russell Hughes from the novel "Rear Guard" written by James Warner Bellah. It stars Guy Madison, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, Carl Benton Reid and Harvey Lembeck. A CinemaScope production in Warnercolor, music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Wilfred M. Cline. When the commanding officer of his Cavalry patrol is killed, the army doctor is tasked with taking the reins and leading the men. It deserves to be better known. Warner Brother's first CinemaScope release and…
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