Copper Sky (1957)

BTW tears can be from happiness or sadness so don't think I'm giving anything away. I have not cried from a movie in years, this one got me. some reviews here i can't believe, way too picky about technical stuff. In the beginning i knew it was slightly low budget, actors I know little about but once I saw the situation turned drastic and quite a surprise compared to any situation I've seen in westerns; I was hooked. I was not thinking of African Queen therefore I did not see it in this movie. This film stands on it's own and most westerns can easily work in black and white because they are supposed to be in the "old days." This story is fairly simple although not boring. Copper Sky is a reminder that good acting can stand up to special effects and over the top scenery any day.

I would bet that most people missed that firearms which were used in the production of this picture. They were actually authentic to the period. The rifle used was a Henry, long made before the recent import of Italian copies. They had to get it out of a museum. The handguns, too, which would have been appropriate for this time were the open top conversions. This was a breath of fresh air from western shot of the 1860s', and early 1870's, where everyone has a new model Colt - 0001 manufactured in 1873 and a model 92 Winchester of like 1982 date. The truth is these weapons were not seen by the average Westerner until 10 years after they were introduced.Watch the movie again. It is unusual for a western love story, but it does have good story line, and AT LEAST IT IS ACCURATE. Undoubtedly due to Charles Marquis Warren who produced Gunsmoke - whose weaponry was not time period accurate. Matt Dillon carried a '92 Winchester. In the last season, Festus advises a deluded gold prospector that it was 1873. Festus Haggen would not have gotten one of the first in 1873! Every Western movie collection should have a copy.

Tenpercent's review pretty much nails my view of this stinker. Yep, a very, VERY badly-written "African Queen" rip-off. Too bad, because there are actually a few tinkling of something really good beneath all the stink. Well, basically the tinklings are all due to Coleen Gray. Good Lord, is she beautiful, and a fine actress to boot. I had never heard of her before seeing this film, and am amazed that she wasn't more famous.Jeff Morrow is so bad in this, I'm shocked to see he still had a career afterward.But the real culprit is whatever drug-addict wrote the screenplay. Painful.If you have never seen Coleen Gray, it is worth watching the first 20 minutes or so (until she lets her hair down and bathes in the river.) After that, it's simply torture.

i have not seen this film for over 40 years, at least. i loved it then and long to see if my memories of it have held up over the years. the main character was sleeping off a drunk in the jail house when the indians attack and left him the sole survivor. his journey has him meet the female lead, for a person of my age there was some "mushy stuff" but there was a few scenes that were erotic and may even hold up, today. if there is any way to see this film again, i am waiting to find out.