NipkowDisc Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Always watch this one. Firecreek is always a hoot thanks to the weisenheimer antics of Gary Lockwood as a villainess smartasse. The fun builds up to Larkin's "just an old-fashioned wake." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 See if you can remember all the lyrics to the firecreek wake song. Real rustic 19th century western lyrics about a "jaybird walkin' on frozen ground" and a "backwheel draggin' " sung by the velvety-throated Morgan Woodward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Basically a padded Gunsmoke episode (it was made by several people from that show), with long stretches of talk and occasional bits of intimidation from the heavies until the action climax. The bizarre wake is a highlight, and the climactic shootout is well done. But Firecreek is most interesting to me for the presence of one J. Robert Porter as the stable boy. Porter is perhaps the most obscure of all the James Dean wannabes. From some angles it is difficult to tell them apart. According to IMDb Porter died in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 See if you can remember all the lyrics to the firecreek wake song. Real rustic 19th century western lyrics about a "jaybird walkin' on frozen ground" and a "backwheel draggin' " sung by the velvety-throated Morgan Woodward. Woodward studied to be an opera singer, as did another pock-marked heavy, Robery Davi. I could swear I once read that yet another pocks-on-you villain, Marc Lawrence, also studied opera, which would make these three the answer to a great trivia question. But I have not been able to confirm Lawrence online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 But Firecreek is most interesting to me for the presence of one J. Robert Porter as the stable boy. Porter is perhaps the most obscure of all the James Dean wannabes. From some angles it is difficult to tell them apart. J. Robert Porter in Firecreek: Some bio info on Porter here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692143/board/flat/56994146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenRipper66 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I always feel a little melancholy when I watch that Kansas girl, Inger Stevens (basically grew up and graduated from Manhattan High - NE KS my neck of the woods). She always seemed sad in her roles so I guess suicide shouldn't be a big surprise but still brings me down all the same. I've seen this movie a bunch and as for an all star cast of villains, hard to top this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistervegan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 i might check it out. i'll only watch westerns that are not the typical 'cowboys vs. indians' dreck. there is an unique twin-billed dvd copy of this movie at my local library. the second movie (also starring fonda and stewart) is entitled 'the cheyenne social club'. It's a great western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemafan Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 J. Robert Porter in Firecreek: Some bio info on Porter here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692143/board/flat/56994146 Bringing this back up because I think this might be the actor Dargo is referring to in the Bikerpalooza thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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