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- 1968
- Approved
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 44 m
- 1968
- Approved
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 44 m
Summary A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Directed By: Vincent McEveety
Written By: Calvin Clements Sr.
- 1968
- Approved
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 44 m
- 1968
- Approved
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 44 m
Firecreek
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Summary A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Directed By: Vincent McEveety
Written By: Calvin Clements Sr.
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Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
65
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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An excellent but often overlooked 1968 Western about a kindly sheriff (James Stewart) battling a gang of bad guys, with Henry Fonda playing the chief villain. [03 Jun 1994, p.F22]
Superior social western in which a torpid backwater community and its irresolute part-time sheriff (James Stewart) are redeemed and revivified through a menacing visit by ageing outlaw Henry Fonda's gang. Weathered oldtimers Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jack Elam and Jay C Flippen provide authenticity. Excellent photography by William Clothier. [15 May 2005, p.91]
Firecreek is a good, sturdy and occasionally powerful little Western.
Late in James Stewart's career he made this sturdy western, the beauty of which lies in its simplicity. [09 Jul 2016, p.32]
Shy sheriff Stewart comes up against mobster Fonda and his gang of outlaws; not as good as this pairing should have been. [02 Jun 1994, p.E04]
There are only short bursts of action in between nearly endless talk in the Clements script. Despite a huge cast of very competent actors the film misses the mark.
Slow, contrived and monotonously grim. [18 Aug 2006, p.45]
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