Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Genre: Western
Duration: 92 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: André De Toth
Stars: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives and Tina Louise
IMDb score:
7,3 (4.676)
Releasedate: 1 July 1959
Day of the Outlaw plot
"Watch what happens to the women... watch the west explode!"
Stubborn rancher Blaise Starrett is at odds with his gentle neighbor Hal Crane over the construction of barbed wire around his Wyoming ranch. Crane is married to Starrett's former flame Helen. Starrett comes to the neighboring town to deal with Crane. The attractive Helen tries in vain to trick Starrett into making him refrain from a duel with her husband. Even before this duel takes place, a group of outlaws, led by the wounded Jack Bruhn, who are on the run after a robbery, enter the town. They take control of the town and take the residents hostage. Due to the winter weather, the outlaws cannot travel further. Because the five women will no longer be safe from the outlaws, when Bruhn succumbs to his gunshot wound, Starrett eventually convinces Bruhn to leave the town via an escape route through the snowy mountains known to him. A grueling journey with far-reaching consequences for the outlaws and Starrett ensues.
Actors and actresses
Blaise Starrett
Jack Bruhn
Helen Crane
Hal Crane
Ernine, Vic's Daughter
Gene, Bruhn's Gang
Dan, Starret's Foreman
Tex (Bruhn's gang)
Denver, Bruhn's Gang
Pace, Bruhn's Gang
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 12624 messages
- 10691 votes
Nice film in which the inhabitants of a small village are taken hostage by a gang. In itself a fairly simple story, but the dynamics between the villagers and their occupiers are well portrayed and create some tension. However, the film is a bit on the long-winded side. Of the cast, Burl Ives stands out in a positive way.
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mrklm
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- 10183 messages
- 9284 votes
Unusual, atmospheric western set in a settlement where only 20 people live and where rancher Blaise Starrett [Robert Ryan] is at odds with Hal Crane [Alan Marshal] over his relationship with Hal's wife Helen [Tina Louise]. The tension takes on completely different forms when Captain Jack Bruhn [Burl Ives] and his unpredictable henchmen take over.
This film fits perfectly in the tradition of the psychological western that produced quite a few memorable films in the 1950s, because it takes its time to establish the characters. Although there is little action in the first hour, there is always an ominous atmosphere, partly due to Russell Harlan's beautiful photography and intelligent use of sound, especially in the dance scene. Moreover, André de Toth makes effective use of the snowy environment, giving this western a unique setting that lifts this film far above the average.
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Collins
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- 6838 messages
- 4074 votes
A hard, dark and gloomy film. Day of the Outlaw does not use the usual romantic tone of many other westerns from the 1950s. Director André De Toth, an exile from Hungary and married to actress Veronica Lake from 1944 to 1952, had varying success with his westerns and film noirs. Day of the Outlaw was not a success. The film received poor reviews and was a commercial flop. The audience and critics were apparently not ready for a western in a film noir guise. Too different from the regular western.
In Day of the Outlaw you don't see a generous brave hero. In Day of the Outlaw, no one actually wants to be a hero. Everyone is out for their own advantage and everyone only wants to survive. A grim film in which the characters are not particularly amiable people, in which fistfights do not take place in a romantic saloon-like setting but in a dreary setting of snow and mud and in which many people are shot in the back. The grim reality was apparently too much for the critics and for the public.
Ambivalent characters. Snow. A dreary collection of houses. To put away. Cold. Crooked. These are the cold elements for a wonderfully dreary western.
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