Movie review - "Texas" (1941) ***

William Holden and Glenn Ford are oh so young in this quite elaborate post Civil War Western. There's plenty of action and solid production values (it looks like an expensive movie) and it's always moving, even if it feels episodic - Ford and Holden are two ex Confederate soldiers who become friends and then split up, eventually winding up on opposite sides of the law. Of the two Holden probably comes off better although he has the better role, going bad. Claire Trevor I guess is alright as the love interest but Edgar Buchanan is memorable as a dentist who moonlights as a rustler. This probably would have been a better movie had it been made ten-twenty years later when the leads had more gravitas but it's fun.