Product Details

• Actors: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton
• Directors: Stuart Heisler
• Writers: John Twist
• Producers: Anthony Veiller
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304039441
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,419 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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A former Confederate guerrilla officer arrives in Dallas, Texas, seeking revenge on the three brothers who ravaged his home and lands.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Step Down For Cooper But Fascinating, March 1, 2000

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John McElwee (North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dallas [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It must have come as quite a shock when Gary Cooper received the script for his fourth starring vehicle under the Warner's contract he'd signed in 1948.After three classy features("The Fountainhead","Task Force",and "Bright Leaf")with first-rate directors(King Vidor,Delmer Daves,and Michael Curtiz),"Dallas" was a distinct comedown.It had been announced for Errol Flynn(also on the wane by this time),but Cooper was assigned at the eleventh hour.The studio's choice of journeyman Stuart Heisler to direct was hardly a vote of confidance either.If you look at Cooper's gag cameo in the previous year's "It's A Great Feeling",you can get a pretty good idea of how the star was regarded by his new employers.The appearance is brief---Cooper is carelessy photographed(at a time when his age was starting to betray him),and the exchange with Dennis Morgan trades on the old "yup" and "nope" routine that had dogged him since the beginning of his career----two decades of fine performances had taken him way beyond that insulting cliche,yet here he was,engaging in a self-parody that had to hurt.Unfortunatly for Cooper,"Dallas" is more of the same.There is Technicolor,though it doesn't flatter him(his hair looks almost orange at times,even in original dye-transfer prints),and the whole thing has a slapdash,backlot feel about it.So my recommendation?You must get this movie! It's practically a textbook on the declining careers of the pre-war generation of great leading men---a fallow period in the late forties when youngsters like Gregory Peck,Burt Lancaster,and Robert Mitchum were getting the really intresting parts,while the veteran stars---Gable,Flynn,Cooper---were having to make do in studio product that made no allowance for changing times,or the leading man's advancing age(s).Gary Cooper is fabulous in "Dallas"---you can tell he's making the best of a bad job.He's winging dialogue,peppering dull scenes with quirky mannerisms----in short,making plenty out of nothing---getting a lemon,and giving us lemonade.Watch for his introductary scene---it's a classic---and only Cooper could make it look so good----burning that wanted poster and lighting his cigar---yeah! His leading lady is Ruth Roman---oh well,I guess that's where Warner's saved some money---after all,Coop didn't come cheap.For the record,"Dallas" had a negative cost of 1.390 million,and final worldwide rentals were 4.490 million,so Cooper in a western was still boxoffice----it's just a shame WB didn't think enough of him to put a little more effort into the piece.I still love it though---and what a kick to see Raymond Massey in a seedy land-grabber villain role(and Steve Cochran's his brother!)---bet Massey loved telling that one to his lunch companions at the Player's Club.Barbara Payton's there too---read her sleazy auto-bio,watch this movie---and think about it.There's lots to like in "Dallas"---a great(and I mean GREAT)Max Steiner score---a priceless scene where Cooper masquerades as a "dude"---and a sock finish when he finally corners Massey."High Noon" was a year away,but if you wanna know the truth,this one's actually more fun.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Gary Cooper Series ... Dallas (1950) ... Warner Bros.", October 9, 2008

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dallas (DVD)

Warner Bros. presents "DALLAS" (30 December 1950) (94 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) -- Our story line and plot, A throwback to the "old fashioned" Westerns of the 30s and 40s such as DODGE CITY (1939) --- DALLAS has a number of things going for it: Gary Cooper at his coolest, blazing Technicolor photography by Ernest Haller "GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) and a pulse-pounding score by Max Steiner the composer of "PAINTED DESERT" (1938), "KING KONG" (1933), "GWTW" (1939), "DODGE CITY" (1939) and so many other scores for Warner Bros --- In addition, there is a masquerade, mistaken identity, a faked death and more hair-breath escapes than a Republic serial --- As always, Cooper defines what it is to be a man under pressure --- this is pure entertainment! --- Some interesting cast members with Reed Hadley playing Wild Bill Hickok, Buddy Roosevelt an old time B-Western star during the '20s & '30s, Leif Erickson as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby, Fred Graham the great stuntman from so many action serials and western films, the beautiful Barbara Payton whose life away from the screen was even more interesting --- Gary Cooper's laconic performance holds the audience's interest throughout.

Under the production staff of:
Stuart Heisler - Director
Anthony Veiller - Producer
Derek N. Twist - Screenwriter
John Twist - Screenwriter
Ernest Haller - Cinematographer
Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score)
Clarence Kolster - Editor
Douglas Bacon - Art Director
George James Hopkins - Set Designer
Marjorie Best - Costume Designer
Oliver S. Garretson - Sound/Sound Designer
Albert S. Greenway - Makeup
Fred Phillips - Makeup
Chuck Hansen - First Assistant Director

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Gary Cooper (aka: Frank James Cooper)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1901 - Helena, Montana
Date of Death: 13 May 1961 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

2. Ruth Roman
Date of Birth: 22 December 1922 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Date of Death: 9 September 1999 - Laguna Beach, California

3. Steve Cochran
Date of Birth: 25 May 1917 - Eureka, California
Date of Death: 15 June 1965 - Pacific Ocean (acute infectious edema)

4. Raymond Massey
Date of Birth: 30 August 1896 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: 29 July 1983 - Los Angeles, California

the cast includes:
Gary Cooper ... Blayde Hollister
Ruth Roman ... Tonia Robles
Steve Cochran ... Bryant Marlow
Raymond Massey ... Will Marlow
Barbara Payton ... Flo
Leif Erickson ... U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
Antonio Moreno ... Don Felipe Robles
Jerome Cowan ... Matt Coulter
Reed Hadley ... Wild Bill Hickok
Gil Donaldson ... Luis Robles
Monte Blue ... Tarrant County Sheriff
Roy Bucko ... Prisoner
Ben Corbett ... Bystander
Gene Evans ... Drunk in Saloon
Al Ferguson ... Springfield Citizen
Fred Graham ... Tough in Saloon
Cactus Mack ... Dallas Citizen
Zon Murray ... Longfellow Cullen Marlow
Buddy Roosevelt ... Springfield Citizen

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow Western Classics --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 94 mins on DVD ~ Warner Bros. ~ (5/13/2003)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rip snortin' gem of a western., April 3, 2009

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Derek Hagen "Gospel Moody" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dallas (DVD)

I never heard of this movie until just before I ordered it. What a find. This is the B Western at its best (it's officially a B Western because one short scene is used twice). Coop is at his raucous best. Raymond Massey as the bad guy really plays it up. As for Ruth Roman, when she runs up to the returning Gary Cooper and says, "Reb, you've come back, you're safe", well, If I were Coop, I would have married her on the set right there. It kind of reminds me of Marilyn saying "I'd go anywhere with you now" in Bus Stop. At one point Miss Roman wears a green and white outfit that is plain but very fetching.

There is enough action to satisfy any western fan. At the beginning Coop shoots it out with Wild Bill. How is that possible since Coop is the star and Wild Bill never got shot before Deadwood? I'll never tell. Get the movie to find out. Classy and almost over the top at the same time. In fact, this movie skirts the edge of over-the-top several times to wonderful effect.

My favorite line is from Raymond Massey when he is talking about his brother who is always causing him trouble - "He's trying to put the blight on me".

I think this may turn out to be one of my top 10 favorite westerns.