Actually, I saw this many years ago and enjoyed it. Sinatra never got the credit that he deserved as an actor. It seems that he knew his own limitations and picked roles that he knew he could deliver on. Sort of like a Hoboken version of Charlie Sheen.

My apologies if this becomes a thread hijack.

And that's cool to me.

Until I started watching the Eastwood/Leoni films I never really liked Westerns. That combo changed my opinion of the genre. I think with the icon actors you mentioned, you either like them or you don't. They pretty much embody the same characteristics from film to film so if one performance leaves you flat so will others. These days an actor can't get buy with cultivating a single persona, I suppose because of the advent of method acting.

With all this urging to see Wayne's movies I think I'm going to have to try a few out. Like I said, it's been a while. I loved Howard Hawks's films with Bogart so the least I can do is watch what Hawks does with John Wayne.

And Quint you do have a point that the Spaghetti Western is a different genre than regular Westerns. I really do need to become familiar with the original genre before it morphed.