Yellow Sky was released in 1948, not 1949. But what would that prove anyway?
DD, you don't seem to enjoy any classic american westerns.
Hmmm, that ''any'' looks kinda suspicious. What gave you that impression, that I don't enjoy (C)AW in general?After all, I gave YS a 7.4, which is a pretty good indicator I enjoyed it. Couldn't give it more because I felt there wasn't enough masterpiece material. The desert scenes are excellent and the ending is also very good (although crude at moments), but the middle chunk seemed draggy in more than one occasion. I felt like they had to entertain them all with a (generic) romance subplot.
I didn't mean to put you on the spot, but I never seen you rate an old school Western higher than a 7-something.
This loses steam once Peck shaves. Should have kept his beard on. The scene where he tells about himself to the prospector and niece is embarassing. The finale possibly even more. These 2 scenes alone (and even some Peck scenes where he has no clue as to playing) ruin what might have been an absolute masterpiece, with a photography which can be easily compared (favourably) to My Darling Clementine. As it is I give it a7\10, just as I gave, if I remember well, to MDC.
I guess this is fair and I don't disagree with any of it. I object to the comment that the film is "nothing special" or words to that effect. A B&W Western shot by Joe MacDonald is, by definition, special.