La Chevauchée des bannis

Original title: Day of the Outlaw

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Tina Louise, Burl Ives, and Robert Ryan in La Chevauchée des bannis (1959)

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wou... Read allBlaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.

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Robert Ryan

Blaise Starrett

Burl Ives

Jack Bruhn

Tina Louise

Helen Crane

Alan Marshal

Hal Crane

Venetia Stevenson

Ernine

David Nelson

Gene

Nehemiah Persoff

Jack Lambert

Frank DeKova

Denver
(as Frank deKova)

Lance Fuller

Pace

Elisha Cook Jr.

Larry Teter
(as Elisha Cook)

Dabbs Greer

Doc Langer

Betsy Jones-Moreland

Mrs. Preston
(as Betsey Jones-Moreland)

Helen Westcott

Vivian

Donald Elson

Robert Cornthwaite

Tommy

Michael McGreevey

Bobby
(as Mike McGreevey)

George Ross

Clagett
(uncredited)

Director
- André De Toth
Writers
- Lee E. Wells
- Philip Yordan
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André De Toth had the town built in Oregon several months before filming so that the structures would be naturally weathered by rain and snow, not artificially dressed by crewmen. When De Toth learned that the workers had neglected to follow his compass headings for the layouts of the streets, he had them rebuild it.

Goofs
At numerous times when they are going through the mountains, it is obvious that the horses are walking in plowed trenches.

Quotes
Helen Crane: [Dancing with Bruhn] Why did you have to do this terrible thing?
Jack Bruhn: There are things worse, ma'am, than dancing with lonely men.
Helen Crane: Please, let us go.
Jack Bruhn: Soon.
Helen Crane: Why did you have to come here?
Jack Bruhn: You should be grateful. Our coming saved the life of your husband.
Helen Crane: I don't believe Blaise would have gone through with it.
Jack Bruhn: Mrs. Crane, when my men and I leave here, there will be a showdown and you will be a widow.

Connections
Referenced in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Ladder (1953)

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8/10

Underrated winter western, with a lot to recommend it

From veteran director Andre De Toth comes an underrated and mighty fine winter western. It is a little too short perhaps and there are parts that could have been better paced, but these are minor problems really because Day of the Outlaw is actually very good. For one thing, it is strikingly photographed in stark black and white, and the snowy landscapes are nothing less than magnificent. The score is also a really nice touch, dramatic, beautiful and dramatic, and Day of the Outlaw is also well scripted, nuanced and powerful yet with an essence of bitterness. And in terms of effective scenes the climatic gunfight in the snow is quite remarkable to say the least. The story is evocative and engrossing, the direction is excellent and the acting is adept with Robert Ryan rugged and heroic, Burl Ives brilliant as ever and Tina Louise both alluring and appealing. Overall, underrated with a lot to recommend it. 8/10 Bethany Cox