The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw hours of Westerns per week, and Walsh felt that a spoof of the genre would be a good choice for the studio, especially with the new CinemaScope process to properly display the desolate background of a lawless town in the American West. Fox decided to make the film and decided to give Walsh majority of the control over the movie's production. The studio still wanted Clifton Webb to play Jonathan Tibbs, the lead character, but Walsh preferred British actor Kenneth More. Moore had become popular in films such as "Genevieve" (1953) and "The Admirable Crichton" (1957), and Walsh felt he
The Entertainer (film) an apparently final performance to an apathetic audience. The film was based on the play of the same name, which was written by British playwright John Osborne. The play was produced in 1957 and the first performance was given on 10 April 1957 at the Royal Court Theatre with Laurence Olivier in the leading role of Archie Rice. Osborne wrote the play, at Olivier's request. Osborne's 1956 play, "Look Back in Anger" was adapted into a film in 1959, which was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Richard Burton in the leading role. Osborne, along with Nigel Kneale, wrote the