Harry Lime
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ORIGINAL: Axel Foley It's a surprising choice of film to re-make. I'm sure it will be perfectly good in its own right, but the orginal is a classic and there's nothing really to gain in doing a new version. Amen to that, brother. The original is one of my very favourite westerns. Certainly top ten, if not top five. As somebody said earlier, it is quite probably Glenn Ford's best performance but, for my money, he is bettered by the ever overlooked Van Heflin all the way; His Dan Evans a slightly more desperate and embittered twist on his Joe Starrett in Shane... Perhaps the greatest western of them all. That said, the trailer for this update looks mighty fine and, fingers crossed, it should at least do the original justice. Crowe looks like he's really enjoying himself in the showier role of Ben Wade and the enormously talented Bale should be effective as Evans. I'm looking forward to it.
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