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  Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★★½ 3

  Johnny Mack Brown's standing with Western aficionados appears to be age-related. Despite having watched 714 Westerns, I've seldom come across Brown in my cinematic journey, encountering him only four times, where he's always been a supporting player to a B-Movie star? In the four films I've watched, he has taken a supporting role to Rory Calhoun, Joel McCrea, Dan Duryea, and Rod Cameron. Rod Cameron also headlines as the marquee star in this instance, directed by the prolific Lesley Selander, this Allied Artists Picture benefits from a solid script and the classic conflict between ranchers and settlers.

  American writer Frank Gruber wrote that there were only 7 essential Western plots. The Marshal Story, The Outlaw Story, The Cavalry & Indians Story,…

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  Review by PUNQ ★★½

  Stampede (1949) is one of those solid B-westerns Lesley Selander was so good at. The actual stampede was a spectacular attempt. Perhaps not the most rewarding cattle story ever told, but with Rod Cameron & Johnny Mack Brown joining forces, it becomes a enjoyable flick.

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  Review by KayKutcher ★½

  Or: long live the translator -

  Even your lowest expectations will be stampeded.
  After the pleasant surprise that was 'Panhandle' (1948) this proved a shame. 'Stampede' was everything I thought I'd get going into Lesley Selander's previous Rod Cameron vehicle, a forgettable low-budget B-western. Minus points for not letting Blake Edwards play a baddie that barely reaches Cameron's knees standing on his tippytoes in this one. Speaking of Edwards, good luck pegging what he contributed to the script! It is taking cues from its title as I type; abandoning my mind with haste that's rarely seen.

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  Review by Camden ★★★

  I loved the cow waterfall, that was pretty uh awesome I guess. 

  - 6/10

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  Review by MrArn ★★

  "Stampede" offers a scant narrative and underdeveloped characters, with fistfights punctuating most of its action scenes. This Western might hold some appeal for genre enthusiasts, but it lacks any distinguishing qualities.

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  Review by Evan Milner ★★★★

  After the brilliance of Short Grass I decided to investigate Lesley Selander's other Westerns of the period. Once again there is a level of attention to detail that is unusual for a low budget work (though not quite enough attention to avoid the boom microphone popping into frame now and then). Also once again, Selander peoples his film with lots of three-dimensional supporting characters. These measures give the film's world a solidity that many bigger films are unable to match. Visually the film looks good too, despite an over-reliance on the 'day for night' effect.

  The conflict between the settlers and the cattlemen is portrayed with nuance and intelligence, the script demonstrating empathy for both sides. The real villains are…