Charles Laughton gives another acting clinic on facial expressions and underplaying emotions as a comedy device. His 1935 performance as Marmaduke (LOL) Ruggles, a loyal English butler gambled away to some zany Americans, played by Mary Boland and Charlie Ruggles (a coincidence), to go and serve in the "wild west" of 1901's Red Gap is a classy classic comedy that never wastes a scene and is hi. la. ri. ous!
The villainess of the movie bears an eerie resemblance to "Cinderella"'s Lady Tremaine esp. THE HAIR! Please tell us you see it too! Facebook...
John Wayne begins his rise to iconic movie superstar in THEE blueprint for all westerns that followed in this standard classic co-starring the one...
Burt Lancaster gives one of his best performances here. WARNING: ALL SELF ABSORBED SO-N-SO'S DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER!
