The Stalking Moon

Buy This Item The Stalking Moon by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  Click 'BUY IT NOW' to get price.  on 11-26-2008     A scout in the old Southwest (Gregory Peck) undertakes to protect a white woman (Eva Marie Saint) and her half-breed son from the Apache warrior--the woman's captor-husband of 10 years--who wants them back. The scout is a man of estimable courage and resources (again, Gregory Peck), but the mostly unseen Apache is a veritable monster of determination, cunning, and bloodthirstiness: Peck and his two charges doom entire communities to extermination just by passing through the neighborhood. This fierce amalgam of Western and horror movie was the last of seven collaborations between director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula, of which <I>To Kill a Mockingbird</I> was the peak. <I>The Stalking Moon</I> isn't peak material, but it's a demonically effective palm-sweater, and fascinating as a prelude to Pakula's own breakout as director of the great paranoid trilogy <I>Klute</I>, <I>The Parallax View</I>, and <I>All the President's Men</I>. Robert Forster has an early role as a fellow, part-Indian scout. <I>--Richard T. Jameson</I> Reader Reviews In trying to write a review of The Stalking Moon I am struck by the fact that there are so many people who have not seen this little gem of a Western or have any knowledge of it at all. Taken from the book by T.V.Olsen,author of Soldier Blue,The Stalking Moon starts with Gregory Peck,a retiring U,S. Army scout,rescuing a kidnapped white woman,Eva Marie Saint,and her Apache son.Unknown to Peck,she is the wife of a fearsome Apache warrior,Salvaje,and the boy is his son.Following the trio from Arizona to New Mexico,Salvaje leaves a trail of destruction and dead bodies along the way to the inevitable showdown with Peck. If you can think of a thriller/love story/western then you will love The Stalking Moon.Peck and Saint give very laid back performances portraying mature characters, and a special word for an excellent supporting performance from a young Robert Forster as an Apache scout and friend of Peck,s character. This film was one of Gregory Peck,s personal favourites and i can understand why. Excellent Western that, like many,many others,should be made available on DVD,Widescreen as well. Davy,Westernnut from Scotland.

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