Der Garten des Bösen

Originaltitel: Garden of Evil

1954
12
1 Std. 40 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

4137

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, and Richard Widmark in Der Garten des Bösen (1954)

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.

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Classical Western Action Adventure Drama Romance Western

Ein Trio amerikanischer Abenteurer, die im ländlichen Mexiko gestrandet sind, wird von einer schönen Frau angeworben, um ihren Ehemann zu retten, der in einer Höhle im Gebiet der Apachen gef... Alles lesenEin Trio amerikanischer Abenteurer, die im ländlichen Mexiko gestrandet sind, wird von einer schönen Frau angeworben, um ihren Ehemann zu retten, der in einer Höhle im Gebiet der Apachen gefangen ist.Ein Trio amerikanischer Abenteurer, die im ländlichen Mexiko gestrandet sind, wird von einer schönen Frau angeworben, um ihren Ehemann zu retten, der in einer Höhle im Gebiet der Apachen gefangen ist.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

4137

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Vicente Madariaga
(as Victor Manuel Mendoza)

Antonio Bribiesca

Antonio, bartender
(Nicht genannt)
…

Manuel Dondé

Cantina Waiter
(Nicht genannt)

Arturo Soto Rangel

Priest
(Nicht genannt)

Salvador Terroba

Victim
(Nicht genannt)

Fernando Wagner

Steamboat Captain
(Nicht genannt)

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This was the fourth film telecast on "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies," the first television program to exclusively broadcast post-1948 theatrical films on US network television. This one was first telecast 14 October 1961, and like the opener of the series, How to Marry a Millionaire, and several others which followed, had been filmed in CinemaScope, at its original 2.55:1 ratio, and so had to be "formatted to fit your screen" i.e. shown pan/scan in the conventional 4:3 TV ratio, losing nearly half of the image in the process, and literally destroying the composition of each scene. But viewers didn't seem to mind. The idea proved so successful that NBC soon followed it up with another series with the identical format, "Monday Night at the Movies," and it wasn't long before the format was taken up by both CBS and ABC.

Patzer
The film is set in Mexico and the Indians are being called Apaches. However, they are dressed as Northeastern American Mohawks. In addition, the men of the Apache nations were traditionally long-haired. In this film, the "Apache" Indians are sporting Northeastern Mohawk haircuts.

Zitate
Hooker: I guess if the earth were made of gold, men would die for a handful of dirt.

Verbindungen
Edited into Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965)

Soundtracks
La Negra Noche
by Emilio D. Uranga

Benutzerrezensionen85

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Make it a 7.5!

... and I always round up when I'm at the halfway mark, just to explain. This is a fine watch in spite of the choppy script.

Cooper and Widmark's characters' boat breaks down on the way to the California gold fields--they have to stop in Mexico. They head to a local cantina. Susan Hayward comes in and says she is offering one thousand dollars in gold to anyone who will help her save her husband, who was trapped in a cave-in. She says the mine is right in the middle of cursed country called "Garden of Evil" - The film proceeds from there.

The uneven screenplay is credited to Frank Fenton. Bernard Herrmann contributed a score that supplies more drama than the screenplay; the handsome cinematography is credited to Milton Krasner and Jorge Stahl. Jr.

Widmark is especially good as the man who's not used to being a good guy. Cooper and Hayward are as effective as the script allows. The rest of the cast is adequate. Look for a young Rita Moreno in the cantina.

Critics yawned when the film was released, but it made a healthy profit, especially considering it cost around two million dollars to film. This is probably the most beautiful film Cooper made in the 1950's, and the most underrated.