The Culpepper Cattle Co. | 
| Director: Dick Richards
Actors: Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 6407
Format: Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2233878
UPC: 024543238768
EAN: 0024543238768
ASIN: B000EHSVUU
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
Release Date: May 23, 2006
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The Culpepper Cattle Company is a worthy example of a certain kind of early-1970s Western: deglamorized, unromantic, and frankly violent. This one begins in familiar terms, as a greenhorn lad (Gary Grimes, recently deflowered in Summer of '42) joins a cattle drive, surrendering himself to the extremely focused leadership of boss Frank Culpepper (the authentically Western Billy "Green" Bush). The episodes that follow are engrossing and colorful, and the drive gets more interesting when a quartet of lethal hombres (among them Bo Hopkins, Luke Askew, and wild-eyed Geoffrey Lewis) join the ride. The business of frontier justice--which here usually means shooting strangers just to be on the safe side--is worked out in refreshingly unheroic ways. Clearly director Dick Richards (making his debut in a relatively brief directing career) is responding to the revisionist era, and specifically to the films of the great Sam Peckinpah; this movie's climax is a scaled-down nod to The Wild Bunch. Probably too scaled-down, given the somewhat abrupt ending. The music uses themes from Jerry Goldsmith's terrific score for The Flim-Flam Man, released five years earlier. Culpepper got lost in the flurry of revisionist westerns that sounded similar themes: The Cowboys, The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid, and by far the best of this group, Robert Benton's Bad Company. All were released in 1972, a high-water mark for re-thinking the genre. --Robert Horton
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CULPEPPER CATTLE COMPANY SENSORMATIC (DVD MOVIE)
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 Culpepper Crew Great Company April 27, 2009
Nina L. Kenyon
I remember seeing this movie for the first time some thirty years or so ago. It's authentic un-hollywood feel struck home then and watching it again today it still seems to reflect more than a modicum of historical reality. The acting is superb without the usual overwrought overwritten and typically formulaic storyline so beloved of mainstream hollywood. I love the unadorned frontier sets which, along with the dour beaten down look of the working folk, evokes what must have been a strange and unpredictable time in America. Its still strong enough in story and characterisation to ignore any small errors, omissions or the inevitable hollywood flourish (the death of the gang at the end springs to mind). This is one good western and my children agree. I highly recommend to anyone who enjoys the indie-style American movie.
AUSTRALIAN COWBOY April 6, 2009
Peter J. Price (Sydney Australia)
A good gutsy western, no fantasies, no heroes just a good yarn about a bunch of guys doing their job and how they manage to overcome the problems that confront them in this young frontier country.Obviously well researched and period correct;not usual for a western! Plenty of action and a good story. Would definitely recomend this movie.
A great 70s western on the trail March 21, 2009
T O'Brien (Chicago, Il United States)
In the 1970s westerns began popping up that tried to poke holes in all the myths that had popped up over the years, one of the best being The Culpepper Cattle Co. In 1866 Texas as wounds are still healed from the Civil War, Ben Mockbridge is a teenager looking to become a cowboy. He's in luck when a man named Frank Culpepper is driving a herd 2,000 miles north to Fort Lewis, Colorado. Ben's hired as the cook's assistant. Whatever he had in mind for what the life of a cowboy was like is quickly put to rest. The cowboys have long hours, little rest, lousy food and more than likely will end up with a bullet in their guts. Like many westerns from the 70s, this one doesn't glamorize anything about the wild west. It shows what a cattle drive was most likely actually like. Not as well known as many similar toned westerns from the 70s, but it's one of the best.
Fresh off the success of Summer of '42, Gary Grimes plays Ben Mockridge, the youngster who would like nothing more than to become a cowboy. Grimes only made a handful of movies, but like here he shows what a good actor he was. Billy Green Bush stars as Frank Culpepper, the no-nonsense trail driver trying to get his herd to market as problems mount up along the trail. The supporting cast of cowboys is a who's who list of great character actors including Geoffrey Lewis, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Wayne Sutherlin, Matt Clark, Raymond Guth, and Jerry Gatlin. It's Askew who makes the most memorable impression as a cowboy named Luke who looks out for Ben when no one else will.
At under $10, you can't go wrong with the movie. The disc includes widescreen and fullscreen presentations, but I don't know why you'd want to watch it in fullscreen. Special features include a trailer, 3 photo galleries, and trailers for other three Fox Flic westerns. It's a movie that hasn't received the same recognition as other 70s westerns, but it's definitely worth a watch. Check out The Culpepper Cattle Co.!
Great Movie March 16, 2009
Jimmy E. Boyd (Pelahatchie, MS)
I saw this movies as a kid in the theater, and was glad it was relesed on dvd.
One of the best westerns ever! March 2, 2009
Chris Bybee (Birdseye, Utah)
Loved every second of this show. Watched it on HBO and ordered it so all our married kids could have a chance to see it.
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