The late forties were for Universal Studios the period when they lost Maria Montez - Jon Hall's magnificent colorful, brilliant adventure movies; so they had to replace at least Maria Montez, some kind of equivalent, and then they found Yvonne De Carlo who was already in the studio for minor roles, besides her Paramount period...And no one lost in the deal, De Carlo was for me as beautiful, gorgeous as Montez, in any kind of pictures, and it's such a shame that most of audiences will remind her mostly for this TV show from the sixties THE MUNSTERS, which I don't know at all, unlike her numerous movies, so enchanted films thanks to her magnetic presence and beauty. I also love Howard Duff's character, a surprising anti hero in this tremendous George Sherman's feature. A very surprising and unexpected backward travelling shot in the last seconds. Unusual for this period.
Review of Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
