They shouldn’t have done this to John Doucette

I was watching the 1950 Western Rancho Notorious when I asked myself, “Who’s the bad guy in the pageboy?”.  Indeed, the reliable character actor John Doucette has been forced to don a platinum blonde pageboy wig to play Whitey.  When shot in the back at the campfire, he gets to die with his boots on  – and with his pageboy.  I’ve added this on to my list of Least Convincing Movie Hair.

the John Doucette that we all recognize

BTW Rancho Notorious – directed by Fritz Lang and starring Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich and Mel Ferrer – really doesn’t stand up very well.  It’s easily the most disappointing Lang film that I’ve seen.