Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaEx-outlaw Will Sabre wants an honest life under the alias Dan Tomlinson but his old gang, under new leader Dunsten, wants him back for a new string of armed robberies.Ex-outlaw Will Sabre wants an honest life under the alias Dan Tomlinson but his old gang, under new leader Dunsten, wants him back for a new string of armed robberies.Ex-outlaw Will Sabre wants an honest life under the alias Dan Tomlinson but his old gang, under new leader Dunsten, wants him back for a new string of armed robberies.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Larry
- (as Donald Barry)
- Jones
- (as Al Wyatt)
- Burt
- (as Red Morgan)
- Mr. Blaisdell
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- Posse Member
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- Townsman
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- Townsman
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- Townsman
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- Posse Member
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Recensioni in evidenza
On his way back to his hometown and girl, Judy (Ann Robinson), Dan picks up 10-year-old Robbie (Bobby Clark (I)) whose father has been killed. Dan gets a job as a bank teller and suspicion falls on him when a hold-up occurs and he doesn't use his guns. And, on top of that, Dunston and his former gang plants evidence to make it appear as if Dan cooperated with them.......wait, a minute, haven't we seen this before? A reformed outlaw comes to town, gets a responsible position (such as sheriff or stage guard or maybe even a bank teller---the reel west was getting really whimpy by 1956), and his old gang shows up, makes off with whatever is the most valuable and easiest to haul off...and the ex-outlaw is left to take the blame?
Well, by cracky and by gum, we indeed have...like in 1937'S TWO GUN LAW and 1939's THE THUNDERING WEST with Charles Starrett and 1932's Texas GUN FIGHTER with Ken Maynard and 1930's THE LONE RIDER with Buck Jones...and Universal trotted it out for Johnny Mack Brown in MAN FROM MONTANA...and Maynard liked it so much he used it again at Columbia in 1935 and in a 1940 Colony production and, all in all, it is probably the third most-recycled plot in the western-film genre.
No problem with the always-good George Montgomery filling in for the likes of Jones, Starrett, Maynard and Brown,or Bob Steele or Jack Perrin or Tom Tyler in other versions but Steve Brodie falls way short of the menace of Harry Woods or Dick Curtis.
Writer Louis Stevens shows once again what he lacked in originality, he more than made up for in total recall of plots that had been used before. In this instance, many times.
Nifty Little Saddle Soap that utilizes that 50's Plot Point that Post-War Baby-Boomers got there Handle. It's all about Kids ("Shane", "The Rifleman"). This one isn't too Sappy and the Cast makes it Appealing and Heartwarming.
Guns Ablaze and the Solution has an Optimistic, Forgiving Attitude about Gangster Reform for a Sunny Conclusion. Enjoyable, Fast-Paced Western that should Please Fans of the Genre.
Brodie Steals the Show as a Nasty Creep and the rest of the Seasoned Cast Help things stay on course. The Kid, who just Lost His Dad, shows some Intelligence and Attitude that Rivals the Grownups and does Not Diminish the Grit of the Movie.
Montgomery is not a great actor but he is effective as a gun hand trying to reform and stop killing. Ann Robinson is a dish, so they make a great couple. Steve Brodie is a convincing villain, and the action is somewhat slow and frustrating because initially Sabre wants to take on the identity of Bobbly Clark's father and allow killer Sabre to be reported dead but then he dithers and goes back on his plan, when all he had to do was to shoot all the members of the Sabre gang dead and the sheriff would not be able to identify him.
At one point he tells lovely Robinson that he has switched names because he does not want to kill anymore but, after much hesitation, he goes ahead and kills three or four gang members for good measure.
So go figure that contradiction. Apart from that, it's a touching and entertaining B pic.
On his way into town, Sabre happens upon an orphan. Robbie's father is dead and he's stranded along the trail. Sabre feels sorry for him and takes the boy with him into Durango. There he gets a job and tries to make something of himself--renaming himself Dan Tomlinson. But the gang is an ever-present threat. What is he to do? As is the case with all of George Montgomery's westerns I've seen, this is a very very competent and well made lower-budgeted film. Montgomery is excellent as always and they manage to make rather ordinary stuff a bit better than it should be. Well worth seeing.
By the way, the trivia section on IMDb is mistaken. It says that the boy Robbie was played by a 20 year-old. Bobby Clark was only 12 or 13 when the film debuted, as he was born in 1944.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizIn 1957 United Artists released this as a double feature with Anonima omicidi (1957).
- Citazioni
Dunston: Smart guys, all of ya! For twenty dollars, he tells us which way Will Sabre went... well, he could tell somebody about us for twenty more.
[to man he just shot in the back]
Dunston: Will Sabre thinks he's the last of the fast guns, but we know different, you and me. Ashes to ashes, friend.
[kicks dirt onto the man's face]
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- 1h 13min(73 min)
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