Warlock (1959)
7/10
"Better say a prayer for the soul of your deputy!"
5 March 2023
The title suggests a horror film, but Warlock is actually the town in which this psychological western takes place.

Hank Fonda takes second billing to Richard Widmark as a marshal packing a six-shooter with gold handles who takes on an ugly bunch of heavies, one of whom fires two slugs into a barber just for nicking him with a razor.

Two of the gang later found fame on TV, DeForest Kelley in 'Star Trek', Frank Gorshin - here sporting a nasty little moustache - who at one point gets to confront Richard Widmark whose giggle inspired The Riddler in 'Batman' and actually plays Widmark's brother.

Anthony Quinn reminds us of the days when every performance he gives wasn't Zorba as Fonda's limping, grey-haired sidekick who seems unnaturally close to Fonda.
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