Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

JLRVancouver Covering similar ground to the superior "High Noon", "Firecreek" finds sodbuster and part-time sheriff Jimmy Stewart standing up to Henry Fonda's crew of professional killers with no help from his fellow townsmen (expect for a mentally-challenged young man who has a target on his forehead the moment he appears on screen). The acting elevates the pedestrian material with top-billers Stewart and Fonda supported by great character actors like Ed Begley and Jack Elam. As a killer, Fonda plays against type (but not as momentously as he did in the same year's "Once Upon a Time in the West") but Stewart plays his typical soft-spoken, easy-going 'nice guy put in a tough spot'. A good but not great '60s Western highlighting old-school values that were starting to disappear from the genre with the advent of the anti-hero.

Prismark10 Firecreek is a geriatrics High Noon. It stars James Stewart as a mild mannered farmer with a part time job as a $2 a month sheriff. Even his badge is home made.Henry Fonda is an injured outlaw, his gang stops by in this small town to recuperate from his injuries. In the meantime his gang of outlaws are bored and want to have a good time which means getting drunk, causing trouble and rape as they desire the local native Indian woman.The town puts up with the outlaws because they are afraid, this is a community of losers who themselves run away from trouble. When a young man is found hanged because he shot one of the bad guys who was trying to rape the native Indian woman, Stewart realises he needs to make a stand and fight back.I never believed for a moment Stewart as a part time sheriff with young kids and a wife who is about to go into labour. I thought they were his grand-kids. In the climatic shootout, badly staged he is too busy fixing his injured leg when the bad guys are looking for him.Fonda is essentially a decent man who finds some tenderness with the granddaughter of the man who runs the local boarding house. His inability to rein in his wild men causes problems for everyone. You wonder whether he was an effective leader of his men if he could keep them calm for a few days.It is a low key, old fashioned film. A derivative B western with some big stars. This film was made in 1968, t a year before Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The quality and the generational divide is plain to see.

Scott LeBrun Old friends and former roommates James Stewart and Henry Fonda are well teamed here in this very good Western; it doesn't quite become a classic, but it's so nicely acted and suitably engrossing that it's still a fine film of its kind. Stewart plays Johnny Cobb, an easygoing part time lawman in the tiny town of Firecreek, which is visited by Bob Larkin (Fonda) and his companions, a group of hired guns who are bored and itching to make some trouble. Johnny will find that his laid back approach to law enforcement will only cause problems, so in the end he will have no choice but to confront Larkin and gang. Extremely well shot by William H. Clothier, "Firecreek" is capably directed by Vincent McEveety and maintains a classic American Western style, at a time when the Italian made Spaghetti Westerns were putting a new spin on the old genre. Written by Calvin Clements Sr., it tells a fairly dark and gritty tale, one with a feeling of somber inevitability to it all. It benefits from its rather even handed treatment of antagonist Fonda, who's not a one-dimensional, moustache-twirling Oilcan Harry type. His associates, however, are less subtle. Jack Elam is fun as always as the older and wiser Norman, but chewing up the scenery are the fantastic Gary Lockwood as the volatile Earl and the amusing James Best, whose character Drew will automatically remind you at times of his famous TV character of 'Dukes of Hazzard' sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane, giggles and everything. The women in this tale fill some strong roles, in particular Inger Stevens as Evelyn Pittman; her scenes with Fonda are compelling. Barbara Luna as Indian gal Meli and Brooke Bundy as Leah are quite lovely to look at. The superb supporting cast also features Dean Jagger as store owner Mr. Whittier, Ed Begley as the preacher, Jay C. Flippen as hotel owner Mr. Pittman, Jacqueline Scott as Cobbs' pregnant wife, the fine character actors John Qualen and Morgan Woodward, and the appealing Robert Porter as town simpleton Arthur; your heart just goes out to this guy. The film gets fairly violent as it goes along (albeit without really showing anything in the way of gore), and is somewhat shocking. Cobb doesn't emerge from the final confrontation unscathed. Ultimately, this is a good story of figuring out the right thing to do, and having to overcome ones' instincts if necessary. Fans of the actors and the genre should find it to be quite satisfactory. Seven out of 10.

slymusic "Firecreek" is a slow-paced, grisly Western starring two old buddies - James Stewart and Henry Fonda - but the characters they play are NOT friends, oddly enough. (If you have not yet seen this picture, please DO NOT read any further.) Stewart plays Johnny Cobb, a farmer and part-time sheriff with a family. Fonda plays Bob Larkin, the leader of a ruthless gang of hired guns who ride into the sleepy town of Firecreek and stir up trouble. Their horsing around and crude manners persuade the townspeople to try to convince Cobb to place these unwanted visitors in jail, but Cobb refuses. In a short time, however, he comes to realize that turning his back will not mediate tensions, and he finally displays the determination to take a stand against the gang.The best thing about "Firecreek" is the casting. In addition to the wonderful James Stewart as the morally solid farmer and Henry Fonda as the chief villain with yet a strong sense of decency, the cast includes Inger Stevens as Evelyn, owner of a boarding house where Bob Larkin holes up for a while in order to nurse a bullet wound. (I must admit that I find the attempted romance between Larkin and Evelyn completely unconvincing, hence I am not surprised at the final resolution.) In Larkin's gang are Earl (Gary Lockwood), Drew (James Best), Norman (Jack Elam, one of my favorite Western villains), and Willard (Morgan Woodward). Reverend Broyles is played by the great Ed Begley, and storekeeper Whittier is played by Dean Jagger. Plus we have Brooke Bundy as the strong-willed teen Leah; Louise Latham as Dulcie, Leah's stern mother who hides a heart of gold; J. Robert Porter as the mentally challenged stable boy Arthur; Barbara Luna as Meli, an attractive Native American lady; Jacqueline Scott as Cobb's wife Henrietta; and the wonderful Jay C. Flippen in a small role as Evelyn's crippled father.The following are my personal favorite scenes from "Firecreek". I absolutely love the gloomy minor-key music score about thirteen and a half minutes into the picture, when Larkin and his gang finally ride into sleepy Firecreek and watch Meli's toddler playing in the mud. While inside Meli's hash house, Norman grabs Meli in an inappropriate place, generating laughter from the Larkin gang as Norman comments about the importance of taking shortcuts and about how Meli "passed inspection". The church service becomes more interesting when the Larkin gang disrupt the proceedings, forcing Cobb to try to settle them down. Loaded with alcohol, Earl and Drew conduct themselves like a matador and bull, respectively. Cobb shares a tender moment with his pregnant wife Henrietta after her false labor. During the showdown, Cobb stabs Norman in the stomach with a pitchfork after a brutal fight. And finally, best of all, is the scene in which Cobb, with a bullet in his leg, hobbles into Whittier's shop demanding a handgun to help him do away with the outlaws; Cobb becomes ENRAGED as he displays his outright determination that the town of Firecreek is NOT full of losers, that it HAS to be worth defending, that it CAN be a place in which its residents can finally have some pride! "Firecreek" was unfortunately not a successful Western, but, my favorite actor James Stewart being the professional that he was, he gave the role of Johnny Cobb his 100% effort. It may have seemed odd that the Stewart & Henry Fonda characters were cast against each other, but it wouldn't be long until "The Cheyenne Social Club" (1970) would cast them as the two old buddies they always were in real life.