Virginia Mayo finds out about Dana Andrews's other woman by being invited by her, resulting in some great wordplay: "Say, who is this Peggy Stevenson?" "She's a girl." "Well I didn't think she was a kangaroo!!!" Here's Dana lunching with Teresa Wright at a pasta dive From THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.
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.
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