Over his 60-year career in films the late, great Harry Dean Stanton wasn’t exactly identified with love scenes. In fact Stanton performed in only one, but it was a doozy. It’s also mildly amusing.
The scene was in Frank Perry‘s Rancho Deluxe (’75) and it was between Stanton’s “Curt,” a naive, none-too-bright, love-struck ranch hand, and Charlene Dallas‘s “Laura Beige,” who pretends to be taken with Curt for nefarious reasons.
Here’s a link to the film — the scene happens around the 1:12 (or 72 minute) mark.
Stanton was roughly 39 when Rancho Deluxe was shot; Dallas was 27. I’m fairly certain this was Stanton’s first and last moment of big-screen intimacy.
There’s a new, restored Rancho Deluxe Bluray available on Tuesday, 8.31.
