Look out how DVD event allowed to us, a hidden gem from the fifties never seen before for large majority of moviegoers, a fabulous story of six fugitives from prison lead by the most crook character of cinema industry of all time William Bendix extremely stigmatized due he was often pick up by playing bad guys, these six convicts hide in a cave previously planed by the treacherous Van Morgan Duff (William Bendix) following by their inmates the former Reverend Luther Remsen (William Tallman), the skilled gambler Pete Mendoza (Luther Adler), the good hearted thug Monk Collins (Gene Evans) the newbie Bill Lang (Marshall Thompson) and the intruder sardonic thief Joe Quinn (Arthur Kennedy) that trapped into the escape jointing in the group.
During the escape Duff was deadly injured by a bulled at your shoulder, thus their mates are considering leave him dying there, then the clever Duff offers to them a stolen money to share with the group if they got a doctor to extract the bullet and after a little resting to recover led them to hide money, when they leaving the cave Duff whispers to his closest pal Luther concerning all remainder are suckers, along the long journey to heading to the money the police makes a hard interstate chase to arrest them, in every spot to get food and clothes also a new car in order to puzzle the police, someone is laying in the ground killed by the evil reverend or by the police, later on last stop in a distant farm Joe finds a unmarried woman Alice (Beverly Michaels) the chemistry each other is instantaneous let Joe figures out that it should be a new beginning and he must stop running, not quite simple, there more to come, betrayal shall be exactly word for the suckers.
A finest Noir presentation exposing character study on the long journey, their fears, their souls, their worst nature is slowing displaying thru the escape to the audience allowing to us separating the wheat from the chaff, plus many psychological elements enable us pinpoint such gap of the real human being and those wicked nature, on final sequence is paramount to see the whole portrait of human being, fantastic picture!!
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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.
During the escape Duff was deadly injured by a bulled at your shoulder, thus their mates are considering leave him dying there, then the clever Duff offers to them a stolen money to share with the group if they got a doctor to extract the bullet and after a little resting to recover led them to hide money, when they leaving the cave Duff whispers to his closest pal Luther concerning all remainder are suckers, along the long journey to heading to the money the police makes a hard interstate chase to arrest them, in every spot to get food and clothes also a new car in order to puzzle the police, someone is laying in the ground killed by the evil reverend or by the police, later on last stop in a distant farm Joe finds a unmarried woman Alice (Beverly Michaels) the chemistry each other is instantaneous let Joe figures out that it should be a new beginning and he must stop running, not quite simple, there more to come, betrayal shall be exactly word for the suckers.
A finest Noir presentation exposing character study on the long journey, their fears, their souls, their worst nature is slowing displaying thru the escape to the audience allowing to us separating the wheat from the chaff, plus many psychological elements enable us pinpoint such gap of the real human being and those wicked nature, on final sequence is paramount to see the whole portrait of human being, fantastic picture!!
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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.