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Sfida nella città morta

Titolo originale: The Law and Jake Wade
  • 1958
  • T
  • 1h 26min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, and Patricia Owens in Sfida nella città morta (1958)
Marshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.
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Il maresciallo Jake Wade aiuta il fuorilegge Clint Hollister a fuggire dalla prigione, ma Clint vuole sapere dove Wade ha nascosto un vecchio bottino rapinato mentre entrambi gli uomini eran... Leggi tuttoIl maresciallo Jake Wade aiuta il fuorilegge Clint Hollister a fuggire dalla prigione, ma Clint vuole sapere dove Wade ha nascosto un vecchio bottino rapinato mentre entrambi gli uomini erano fuorilegge nella stessa banda.Il maresciallo Jake Wade aiuta il fuorilegge Clint Hollister a fuggire dalla prigione, ma Clint vuole sapere dove Wade ha nascosto un vecchio bottino rapinato mentre entrambi gli uomini erano fuorilegge nella stessa banda.

  • Regia
    • John Sturges
  • Sceneggiatura
    • William Bowers
    • Marvin H. Albert
  • Star
    • Robert Taylor
    • Richard Widmark
    • Patricia Owens
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,8/10
    3042
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
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      • John Sturges
    • Sceneggiatura
      • William Bowers
      • Marvin H. Albert
    • Star
      • Robert Taylor
      • Richard Widmark
      • Patricia Owens
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    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Jake Wade
    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • Clint Hollister
    Patricia Owens
    Patricia Owens
    • Peggy
    Robert Middleton
    Robert Middleton
    • Ortero
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Rennie
    DeForest Kelley
    DeForest Kelley
    • Wexler
    • (as De Forest Kelley)
    Burt Douglas
    Burt Douglas
    • Lieutenant
    Eddie Firestone
    Eddie Firestone
    • Burke
    Fred Coby
    Fred Coby
    • Deputy
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    Gene Coogan
    Gene Coogan
    • Minor Role
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    Richard H. Cutting
    Richard H. Cutting
    • Luke
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    Roy Engel
    Roy Engel
    • Avery
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    Al Ferguson
    Al Ferguson
    • Minor Role
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    Rory Mallinson
    Rory Mallinson
    • Deputy
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    Reginald Simpson
    Reginald Simpson
    • Minor Role
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    Dean Smith
    Dean Smith
    • Soldier
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    Henry Wills
    Henry Wills
    • Cavalry Sergeant
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    • Sceneggiatura
      • William Bowers
      • Marvin H. Albert
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    7helpless_dancer

    Greed over common sense

    Seems to me Widmark's character would have been money ahead to simply knock off another bank rather than go into injun country where the chances of dying were pretty high. However, this probably wouldn't have made any better of a film. Plenty of shooting, flying arrows, nasty killers, and as usual Widmark gives a stellar performance as a psychotic gunman intent on having his way no matter what.
    7SnoopyStyle

    menacing Widmark

    Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) breaks his partner Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark) out of jail. Jake had buried their loot and refuses to reveal the location to Clint. Jake is actually the new Marshall of another small town married to wife Peggy (Patricia Owens). Clint and his new crew catch up to Jake, and he wants the loot.

    It's a good if not great western. Robert Taylor is on the decline and he's a diminishing leading man. This one is all Richard Widmark. He is chewing up the movie the whole way through. He has all the swagger in the world. This has a fight with Indians. There is final shootout between the two leads in an abandoned town. It's all here.
    7ma-cortes

    Brilliant and tense Western drama with marvelous use of locations and top-drawer cast

    An awesome rugged Western masterfully directed by John Sturges including good main cast and agreeable secondary actors in which Marshal Taylor tangles with nasty bandit Widmark over a buried loot . It deals with outlaw Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark) getaways from prison with the help of a lawman with a dark past called Jake Wade , because once Clint did the same for him . Jake left Clint just after , but Clint finds him back and forces Jake by kidnapping his girlfriend called Peggy (Patricia Owens) to lead him to a loot Jake buried one year ago when he abandoned Clint . Hollister and his sidekicks (Robert Middleton, DeForest Kelley , Henry Silva) tie Jake and survey to no escape . Then Peggy learns all too quickly about Jake's dark past . When they arrive in the ghost little town where Jake hid the money, they have to fight off a bunch of marauding Indians .

    This exciting as well as robust Western contains tension-filled , juicy atmosphere , thrills , suspense , gun-play and an impressive final on a dead little town which was one of filmmaker Sturges's best moments . Magnificent western from the John Sturges/Richard Widmark team and their second collaboration , after ¨Backlash¨ and considered one of their best . Colour , music , scenarios , landscapes all marks well in this thrilling story about a compulsive outlaw who contends his old friend as well as his nemesis . It describes a long journey in which there are extreme characters combined with psychological observations and enriched by eventual ambiguity and a tense picture about dishonesty and badness . This particular Western only starred by a few characters contains an interesting screenplay by William Bowers based on the novel by novel Marvin H. Albert . By that time (1958) the picture was considered quite strong , tough , surprisingly violent ; today is deemed a classic film . And seems to be a great influence of wide range such as violence , a hard battle of wits among gunslingers and scenarios . The two stars , Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark , make nice adversaries . They are accompanied by a good support cast such as Robert Middleton , Henry Silva , Burt Douglas , Eddie Firestone and intimate ¨Bones¨ DeForest Kelley of Star Trek . Filmed in Cinemascope in colorful cinematography by Robert Surtees who gets to take from nature the maximum impacts as deserts , valleys , mountains , being wonderfully photographed . Being filmed on location in Alabama Hills , Lone Pine, Death Valley National Park,California, USA . Breathtaking background scenarios , dramatic close-up along with shining illuminations , all of them perfectly mingled with a tale full of violence , tension , intrigue and shoot'em up .

    This top-drawer Western drama was compellingly produced by William Hawkes and stunningly realized by the master John Sturges , infusing the traditional Western with psychological confusion , including his characteristic use of landscape with wonderful use of Natural Parks which is visually memorable . Sturges established his forte with magnificent Westerns almost always plenty of action , violence , and splendid outdoors . Sturges began his directing career at Columbia Pictures, where from 1946-49 he he worked on "12-day wonders" ("B" pictures shot on a 12-day schedule). From there he moved on to MGM where he filmed more "B" pictures, albeit on a larger budget . He established an independent production company in 1959, releasing through United Artists. From 1960-67 he worked under contract for United Artists. His first major hit was the western Dog Day at Black Rock (1955) , which he shot in just three weeks, wrapping up virtually every scene in a single take . He specialized in robust action pictures, particularly westerns. He excelled at bringing to life tautly written stories about tough characters facing difficult circumstances . Throughout his career he regularly alternated hits with misses . He has also been criticized for his lack of stylistic trademarks , though his best films remain exciting to watch . Sturges was expert on all kind of genres , but especially warlike such as : ¨Great Escape¨, ¨Ice Station Zebra¨ and ¨Eagle has landed¨ and Western such as ¨Last train of Gun Hill¨, ¨Magnificent Seven¨, ¨Backlash¨, ¨Law and Jake Webb¨, ¨Joe Kidd¨ and Chino¨, among others . This high-level and Western will appeal to Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark fans .
    7kenjha

    Solid Western

    Reformed marshal helps former cohort escape from prison, but comes to regret it. Taylor is fine as the stoic marshal trying to escape his outlaw past. Widmark makes a terrific villain, without resorting to the giggling psycho persona that marked many of his earlier performances as bad guys. He even has some funny lines. The enigmatic Silva is notable as a member of Widmark's gang. Sturges made a number of Westerns during the 1950s. This is another solid entry in the director's Western filmography, although it's not as good as the one that preceded it (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral) or the one that followed it (Last Train from Gun Hill).
    9bkoganbing

    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    Some of the best westerns of the Fifties and Sixties were directed by director John Sturges. Sturges's films combined that rare blend of action for the kiddies with adult problems and issues.

    Here the problem is a debt owed or at least that's what Marshal Jake Wade feels towards Clint Hollister. Before Jake broke with the Hollister, it seems that Hollister saved him from a hangman's noose back when he ran with Hollister's gang. Jake hears about Hollister being arrested and sentenced to be hanged so he rides a piece and breaks him from jail.

    That squares it as far as the Marshal is concerned, but the outlaw leader has other ideas. Seems Jake ran off with the proceeds from the last job. No good deed goes unpunished in this life. Hollister re-unites with his gang and they kidnap the Marshal and his fiancée and force him to lead them to the money.

    You have to watch the film for the rest of this. If you're any kind of a fan of westerns, I think you'll know how this turns out.

    Robert Taylor plays the upright Marshal Jake Wade who could have let the whole thing slide and let outlaw Richard Widmark hang, but he feels a debt. It's a good part for Taylor as he was winding down his contract at MGM. Unfortunately Taylor doesn't figure that Widmark owed him something for running off with the loot. The two leads play well off each other.

    Rounding out the cast is Patricia Owens who is your typical crinoline western woman and the rest of Widmark's gang which included DeForest Kelley, Robert Middleton, and Henry Silva among others.

    Nice Saturday afternoon fare for all fans of the American western, like me.

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      It looks like Richard Widmark is riding Pie, James Stewart's favorite horse.
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      At the beginning, when Marshall Wade comes into town leading an extra horse, he throws that horse's rein onto the hitching post rail, and it drops right off. As he steps down from his horse, the other horse's rein is now tightly wound around the rail.
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      Jake Wade: So tell me, Clint, if things had worked out differently - were you gonna give me a gun, or shoot me in the back?

      Clint Hollister: [pause] I was gonna give you a gun.

      Jake Wade: [flinging a handgun some distance away] There's your gun.

      Clint Hollister: I was gonna hand you yours!

      Jake Wade: Well, you like me better than I like you.

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      Referenced in Il molto onorevole ministro (1961)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 29 novembre 1958 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • El tesoro del ahorcado
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, Stati Uniti(location exteriors)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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      • 1.538.000 USD (previsto)
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      • 1h 26min(86 min)
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