Decision at Sundown (1957) Criterion 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC FLAC-SARTRE

Randolph Scott boldly subverts his upstanding image in this stark, often startlingly bleak tale of revenge and a man’s misguided quest for redemption. He plays the mysterious stranger who, consumed by hatred for the man he blames for his wife’s suicide, rides into the corrupt town of Sundown hell-bent on vengeance. There, both he and the townspeople face a reckoning that forces them to confront disturbing truths about themselves. All but annihilating the myth of the righteous western hero, Decision at Sundown edges the Ranown films into increasingly dark, despairing territory.

NOTE: The first three films in the collection (The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone) were released on a single disc and are noticeably softer than the two-per-disc Ride Lonesome and Comanche Station, which fare better with 60% higher bitrate.

Extras

• Introduction by Taylor Hackford
• A Man Alone: Edward Buscombe on Randolph Scott
• Trailer