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1 August 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SCREAM! Everyone in the theatre will be screaming with you! morePlot:
In this western remake of Kiss of Death (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Torpedoed by a crass central performance more (4 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Robert Evans | ... | Felix Griffin | |
| Hugh O'Brian | ... | Daniel Slade Hardy | |
| Linda Cristal | ... | Ellen Hardy | |
| Stephen McNally | ... | Marshal Frank Emmett | |
| Edward Andrews | ... | Judge Parker | |
| Shari Lee Bernath | ... | Janie Hardy | |
| Dolores Michaels | ... | May Matthewson | |
| Ken Scott | ... | Paul Finney (robbery leader) | |
| Ron Ely | ... | Deputy Jim Dyer | |
| Emile Meyer | ... | Ames, Head Prison Guard | |
| Gregory Morton | ... | Gage (defense attorney) | |
| June Blair |
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In his autobiography, "The Kid Stays in the Picture," Robert Evans says that this movie had the following working titles: "The Hell-Bent Kid", "Rope Law", "Enough Rope", "Quick Draw", "Quick Draw at Red Rock", and "The Hell-Bent Kid II". This mistakenly created the impression that Evans was appearing in more films than he actually was. The final title came from a marketing exec trying to cater to both western and horror film audiences. moreFAQ
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There is a minor tradition of remaking crime movies for the Western genre."The Badlanders"is a retread of "The Asphalt Jungle"while "Colorado Territory"is a remake of "High Sierra".
"The Fiend Who Walked The West"is "Kiss of Death"in Western clothing and is almost a splendid movie.Hugh OBrian is "Daniel Slade Hardy" a decent gangster/outlaw who wants to go straight and turns to criminality only to keep his family fed.While in prison he confides in his deranged cellmate "Felix Griffin"the location of a cache of stolen money.Griffin on release tracks down and kills one of the robbers and slays his mother before terrorising Hardy's wife.Hardy is set free-in the guise of an escape-to bring the now out of control Griffin to justice
The problem is not the script,direction(by the under-rated Gordon Douglas)or the acting by seasoned performers like OBrian and McNally(playing the sympathetic lawman but a performance of utter inadequacy by Robert Evans as Griffin.Where Richard Widmark in the original induced fear and loathing all that Evans evokes is a desire to laugh.Pouting prettily and assuming sub James Dean stances does not constitute acting and merely suggests a poor imitation of an poor actor.(The influence of James Dean on screen acting was wholly negative)If your villain comes over as a pouting pretty boy who needs a sound spanking then your movie is in trouble
Its atmospheric,violent for its day and all the ingredients bar one -a credible actor in the pivotal role are in place.This lack mars the whole piece