ELEPHANT WALK (1954)

"We also have Chopin in Paris," Elizabeth Taylor tells Dana Andrews in ELEPHANT WALK, bearing many similarities to GIANT two-years later: A down-to-earth girl marries a prideful and stubborn millionaire (Peter Finch) already married to his land that's made him a fortune. So Dana's the original James Dean. And back to how he started: The secondary male lead i.e. the guy who doesn't get the girl. Which isn't for a lack of trying. And in this case, deserving.

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TAKE A HARD RIDE (1975)

The seventies' Western TAKE A HARD RIDE seemed to have several sub-genres at play, and yet, despite a small yet important role, Dana Andrews is the best representation since it's not a Blaxploitation despite stars Jim Brown (as Dana's friend), Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly, nor a Spaghetti Western with Lee Van Cleef on their trial, but more a modernized version of the kind of classic rough-and-tumble cowboy picture that Dana himself was a veteran of, from CANYON PASSAGE to THREE HOURS TO KILL, and before and beyond, including his last starring roles, TOWN TAMER and JOHNNY RENO.

STATE FAIR (1945)

At the STATE FAIR, two girls pass Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain, and one, played by Jo-Carroll Dennison, had recognized the handsome reporter, "How you doing, honey?" she says, and he, while eating a candy apple with Crain, replies, " Quiet , you."

TOWN TAMER (1965)

It's bad quality from YouTube but either way, DeForest Kelley let his friend Michael Landon, who was hot on BONANZA before STAR TREK even started, do his dirty work, stunt-doubling a fight with Dana Andrews in TOWN TAMER.

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