La peur au ventre

Original title: I Died a Thousand Times

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Jack Palance and Shelley Winters in La peur au ventre (1955)

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After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Chico
(as Gonzalez Gonzalez)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Big Mac
(as Lon Chaney)

Earl Holliman

Perry Lopez

Louis Mendoza

Richard Davalos

Lon Preisser

Howard St. John

Doc Banton

Olive Carey

Ma Goodhue

Ralph Moody

Pa Goodhue

James Millican

Jack Kranmer

Bill Kennedy

Sheriff

Nick Adams

Bellboy
(uncredited)

Chris Alcaide

Sheriff's Deputy
(uncredited)

Fay Baker

Woman in Tropico Lobby
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Trivia
Remake of La Grande Évasion (1941) with Jack Palance playing the Humphrey Bogart role of Roy Earle.

Goofs
Near the end, when the cops are chasing Roy Earle in their cars and motorcycles to the mountains, the following mistakes can be seen:
As the two motorbike cops approach a bridge, before crossing, one of them comes off his bike, parts of the bike can be seen flying, as indeed does the cop.
In the next shot, they all are chasing Earle's car as if nothing happened.
Later, as they approach a slippery bend, a cop again comes off his motorcycle, blocking the chase. Seconds later they are all seen still chasing the villain.

Quotes
Big Mac: [Pouring a drink] It's like the doc says... if i don't lay off this stuff, it's gonna knock ME off, but I'm gonna die anyway.
[laughs]
Big Mac: So are you.
[Distainfully]
Big Mac: So what? Nobody ever left this world alive.
[Holding up his glass]
Big Mac: To you, Roy!

Crazy credits
Oddly, the credits read "Written by W.R. Burnett," implying it's an original script, rather than the correct "Screenplay by W.R. Burnett, based on his novel 'High Sierra.'" Apparently Warner Bros. was trying to pretend it wasn't a remake.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000)

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Good Movie for a remake

Okay: So it wasn't as good as High Sierra and Palance and Winters are not Bogart and Lupino. But the idiot henchmen in this remake were Earl Holliman and Lee Marvin. Big Mac was played by Lon Chaney Jr. and Palance did a great job and was scarier than Bogie was. I grew up with Holliman and Marvin and the movie was also in color. I guess the best way to put it is this. If you demand the greatest actors and a different script for a remake this is not a movie for you. I (a huge Bogart fan) thought Palance played this role better than Bogie. Better because he was made for it.Put it like this. Who would you rather run into in a dark allay? Palance or Bogie? And since when is Shelly Winters a slouch? I really enjoyed this movie even though it didn't have a great director. I recommend it for Jack Palance fans and hope you enjoy it. Remember. Holliman and Marvin were extremely unintentionally funny in this movie. Gibbs