Añade un argumento en tu idiomaIn this western remake of El beso de la muerte (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involve... Leer todoIn this western remake of El beso de la muerte (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involved with a psychotic, homicidal inmate who turns on him and winds up terrorizing his wife an... Leer todoIn this western remake of El beso de la muerte (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involved with a psychotic, homicidal inmate who turns on him and winds up terrorizing his wife and murdering his friends.
- Dirección
- Guión
- Reparto principal
- Harry Jeffords, Deputy
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- Juror
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- Lew Lane
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- Barn Fight Spectator
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- Courtroom Spectator
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Reseñas destacadas
In the East-End of London, in the mid to late 50s, we teens were hooked on Americana. We knew and liked Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp in the TV series. Robert Evans was new to us and a revelation. We liked his look and his style; his performance fitted well with Rock 'n Roll, James Dean and the whole 'cool' American thing.
Fortunately, although in the UK, I have a recorder which plays NTSC tapes. I will be buying this film soon.
"The Fiend Who Walked The West"is "Kiss of Death"in Western clothing and is almost a splendid movie.Hugh OBrian is "Daniel Slade Hardy" a decent gangster/outlaw who wants to go straight and turns to criminality only to keep his family fed.While in prison he confides in his deranged cellmate "Felix Griffin"the location of a cache of stolen money.Griffin on release tracks down and kills one of the robbers and slays his mother before terrorising Hardy's wife.Hardy is set free-in the guise of an escape-to bring the now out of control Griffin to justice
The problem is not the script,direction(by the under-rated Gordon Douglas)or the acting by seasoned performers like OBrian and McNally(playing the sympathetic lawman but a performance of utter inadequacy by Robert Evans as Griffin.Where Richard Widmark in the original induced fear and loathing all that Evans evokes is a desire to laugh.Pouting prettily and assuming sub James Dean stances does not constitute acting and merely suggests a poor imitation of an poor actor.(The influence of James Dean on screen acting was wholly negative)If your villain comes over as a pouting pretty boy who needs a sound spanking then your movie is in trouble
Its atmospheric,violent for its day and all the ingredients bar one -a credible actor in the pivotal role are in place.This lack mars the whole piece
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- CuriosidadesFox re-used the music score from Ultimátum a la Tierra (1951) by Bernard Herrmann in this picture, much to his regret. He was outraged, and told the studio executives what he thought of it after he received notice from the Musicians' Union in 1958.
- ConexionesEdited into El chico que conquistó Hollywood (2002)
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Detalles
- Duración1 hora 41 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1