Canyon River [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

The movie was enjoyable! It played so nice. Very good quality. So happy I bought this movie. If you like westerns this is great! Received quickly!

I love old western and the story in this movie is good, not just a different version of another movie, original theme.

Good quality great movie

I received my DVD-R of Canyon River this morning from amazon.com. The sound is excellent, but the picture, although full CinemaScope width, appears to be of a lower resolution than usual, as if we are looking at a picture made up of less lines. This makes any horizontal lines on the image, such as window shutters or hat brims, shimmer, suggesting that this film has not been remastered but that an old television transfer from many years ago has been used. It appears to be the same transfer that was used on the old pan and scan version I have. Although Canyon River is a favourite of mine from the 1950's, I have knocked off one star because of the lack of remastering. Conversely, another 1950's Warner Archive Collection CinemaScope Western, Wichita, also arrived today from amazon.com and the image on the transfer is far better and of a much higher resolution and looks a treat.Anyone wishing to buy these expensive Warner Archive releases, of which no reviews appear on the Internet except here, should take into consideration that some of them at least, haven't been remastered and are simply unrestored transfers that they've had in the vaults for many years. Also that these are burned DVD-R copies and not stamped like regular DVD's.

Canyon River is one of those Montgomery Western films that is pure pleasure. His wardrobe, including his signaturewide-brimmed hats, is beautiful. He was 6ft 3inches and very slender so he looked great in anything he wore.He is joined by the very handsome and talented Peter Graves who plays his ranch foreman. His barfight scenes with AlanHale are great. Alan Hale turns in a very charming and warm performance as leader of the trail crew for the cattledrive to Wyoming. Marcia Henderson works very well with Montgomery and their romance is very warm and genuine. Her son isplayed by Richard Eyer. He is a fine child actor who very quickly develops a friendship with Montgomery.There is plenty of action in this movie and the supporting cast is very good. Definitely a movie worth watchingand adding to your collection of George Montgomery movies.

The good things are that we now can see or see again George Montgomery westerns and that the product is in top concerning picture sharpness and sound. The bad things are that Montgomery though tall and handsome is a little boring. He seems to lack ... IT! And the story is very much in lack of action. And somebody tell me when we are out there in the beautiful country why must we inside a studio every time there is a camp fire? Well, you can enjoy Allan Hale Jr. who here appears as Allan Hale only. He is a fine and warm actor like his father. Some day I will see it again and perhaps find it a little better and I am happy to have it in my collection.

I enjoyed this 50s western very much and George Montgomery is one of my favourite western actors . The colour and wide screen presentation is excellent with nice western scenery ,complimented with an entertaining plot where Peter Graves acts as a friend who takes the wrong road and ends up on opposite sides to George, Amazon also has an excellent George Montgomery movie in stock which I also can highly recommend called Man From God's Country also in nice quality colour and wide screen , both of these very fine westerns not to be missed. Biil From Queensland Australia

I HAVE ENJOYED PLAYING THIS DVD, I WANTED TO WATCH THIS FILM FOR A LONG TIME BUT I WASN'T SURE IF IT WOULD PLAY ON PAL FORMAT.AS THE DVD IS IN NTSC FORMAT WHICH IS REGION ONE. WARNER BROS; NOW SUPPY DVD'S, FOR ALL REGIONS AND MY PLAYER IS ABLE TO READ THE DISC AND THE PLAY BACK IS FIRST CLASS.