Whisperin’ Bill Anderson looks back at the 1967 western ‘Stranger on the Run’ |Medium by Jeremy Roberts
Recently I gauged Stranger on the Run in my Jeremy’s Classic Western Roundup column. Henry Fonda’s frequently forgotten sagebrush saga was a Halloween 1967 made-for-NBC-movie with James Dean’s costar Sal Mineo, director Don Siegel, and screenwriter Dean Riesner [both repeat Clint Eastwood collaborators] among the talented personnel. Aside from actors Michael Burns and Rex Holman, few survivors remain from the dusty Most Dangerous Game homage that won its timeslot and kickstarted a long-running “Tuesday Night at the Movies” NBC programming block.
Whisperin’ Bill Anderson cut the theme song. Spontaneously emailed, the still-relevant Country Music Hall of Fame lyricist and Brad Paisley collaborator shockingly sent a detailed remembrance the next afternoon. “Thank you for dredging up some old memories,” began Anderson’s sincere message. Read the whole story at…
June 3, 2020 @ 1:42 pm
Hi Bill.
Just bought the Single and the Film off of e-bay, and then had the pleasure of watching the film on my lap top. Of all the westerns I have watched in nearly sixty years, I can’t ever remember having seen this one. The film was great and the sound track was superb.
Regards Andy Batty and as our Prim minster new saying is stay alert.