BTW tears can be from happiness or sadness so don't think I'm giving anything away. I have not cried from a movie in years, this one got me.
A Boston school marm out West meets the sole survivor of an Indian massacre, a drunk in jail. Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did not do.
The first problem that Copper Sky has is that when you give a film a title of that with all the images of desert heat that the mind conjures up, color would have been essential. But this was a B western and the budget just didn't call for it.
One of the greatest romances on the screen was "The African Queen". That improbable affair between two persons with different social backgrounds had a fantastic chemistry.
As has been said before, this is "The African Queen" out west. Colleen Gray does well and is far easier on the eyes than the starchy Katherine Hepburn.
I thought it was a good movie. I've watched it several times and I keep noticing things I have not seen before.
"Copper Sky" pulls you in and then let's you down. Even right to the end you are hoping for more insight into the characters' pasts.
I have not seen this film for over 40 years, at least. i loved it then and long to see if my memories of it have held up over the years.
Tenpercent's review pretty much nails my view of this stinker. Yep, a very, VERY badly-written "African Queen" rip-off.
