| ▶ PLAY TRAILER | Stream it: | Own it: | Search for streaming:      | With: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Kevin Brophy, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Shelby Leverington, Felice Orlandi, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Fran Ryan, Savannah Smith Boucher
| Written by: Bill Bryden, Steven Phillip Smith, Stacy Keach, James Keach
| Directed by: Walter Hill
| MPAA Rating: R
| Running Time: 100
| | Date: 16/05/1980 | | | | Oh Brother... By Jeffrey M. Anderson Walter Hill directed this Western about the James gang, with real-life brothers playing the fictional brothers in the story. Sadly, the fairly unknown and uninteresting James Keach plays Jesse James, while Stacy Keach plays second-banana brother Frank (both Keach brothers worked on the script). Robert, David and Keith Carradine play the Younger brothers, and Randy and Dennis Quaid play the Millers. Finally, Nicholas Guest plays Robert Ford, while his more talented brother Christopher Guest plays the less interesting Charlie Ford. The casting problems aside, this is a fairly solid, but not particularly extraordinary film. See The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford for a truly exceptional example. In 2011, Fox released a handful of MGM titles on Blu-Ray, including this one. It looks great, if maybe a little soft, in 1.85:1. There are optional subtitles and a trailer, but no other extras. |
