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A lovely, sweet film, galvanized by an amazing, endearing performance by then 62 year old stuntman Richard Farnsworth in the lead. Beautifully shot, leisurely paced, it doesn't challenge your view of the world,or wrench your heart out. It just quietly entertains you with the funny/sad story of an aging thief having his last go at glory and love.
If Farnsworth's performance wasn't so damn honest, true and lovable the film wouldn't work. But, against all reason you root for this train robber, and take him into your heart.
I heartily join all those begging for this gorgeous film to be given the blu-ray, or at least restored DVD release it richly deserves. Just judging by the comments here, I'd say there's certainly a market for it!
score 8/10
runamokprods 23 July 2013
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2837516/ |
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