Warlock is a 1959 film, released by Twentieth Century Fox, shot in color and CinemaScope. It is a Western adapted from the novel by Oakley Hall (screenplay written by Robert Alan Aurthur). It is not often mentioned as a classic of the genre, perhaps because the dark psychological moorings in the plot uncomfortably recall the witch-hunt hysteria of the Cold War era that had left a bitter imprint on Hollywood. Another reason for its neglect may well be the fact that its director, Edward Dmytryk, one of the original 'Hollywood Ten' (he had served time in prison and gone into exile in Europe), was regarded as a heavily compromised figure ever since he had named names to HUAC. Despite such misgivings, Warlock remains Dmytryk's masterpiece and one of the great Westerns. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... A Fox logo used to promote the CinemaScope process. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Oakley Hall (born 1920) is an American novelist. ... Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 - July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood 10, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy era red scare. ... The Hollywood Ten was a group of American screenwriters, actors, and directors, alleged members of the Communist Party, who were convicted of contempt of Congress during the height of the Red Scare. ... The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ...

Richard Widmark heads a starry cast that included Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn (in the supporting cast were Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Tom Drake, DeForest Kelley, Wallace Ford, Whit Bissell, Regis Toomey, and Frank Gorshin). Widmark plays a reformed thug who has done his share of causing havoc in the town of Warlock, while Fonda and Quinn respectively play a gunman and his club-footed business associate (no slouch with a gun himself) who are hired by the good people of Warlock to restore law and order. Widmark then becomes the town's sheriff, representing its new conscience and regrowth, setting himself against Fonda and Quinn, who try to control the town. Meanwhile, the relationship between Fonda and Quinn (described in the Aurum Film Encyclopedia of The Western as 'perhaps the most open depiction of homosexual love in the classic Western') is strained beyond repair when Fonda falls in love with a respectable townswoman (Dolores Michaels), and another woman (Dorothy Malone) turns up in the town to exact revenge on Quinn. Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. ... Henry Fonda in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men. ... Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... Promotional photo for Malone Dorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925) is an American actress. ... Tom Drake (1918-1982, b. ... Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an actor best known for his starring role as Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek and six of its subsequent movies. ... Ford as Det. ... Whit Bissell (born 29 October 1909, died 5 March 1996) was an American character actor. ... Publicity photo for Toomey Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 - October 12, 1991) was a film and television actor. ... Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, from the Batman TV series. ...

The film is almost forgotten today, but it has had some high-powered admirers, being one of the films 'quoted' by Sergio Leone in Once Upon a Time in the West. Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered to be one of the greatest Western directors of all time. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...

However, it was shown on British Television on Channel 4 on 3 January 2007. Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Warlock at the Internet Movie Database
• DVD Savant Comprehensive film/DVD review by Glenn Erickson at DVD Talk
• DVD Review Nice review by Eamonn McCusker at DVD Times