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9 February 1959 (Sweden) moreTagline:
IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST (original print ad - all caps)Plot:
A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
Tough gritty western that influenced the Spaghetti Western more (33 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gary Cooper | ... | Link Jones |
 | Julie London | ... | Billie Ellis |
 | Lee J. Cobb | ... | Dock Tobin |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Sam Beasley |
 | Jack Lord | ... | Coaley |
| John Dehner | ... | Claude |
| Royal Dano | ... | Trout |
 | Robert J. Wilke | ... | Ponch (as Robert Wilke) |
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100 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Norway:16 (cut) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:A (cut) | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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Screenwriter Philip Yordan had previously written a novel entitled "Man of the West", but it bears no relation at all to this film. Yordan's novel was filmed as Gun Glory (1957). moreSoundtrack:
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There is a bit wrong with this film. Gary Cooper's age versus Lee Cobb's. The coincidental stranding of Julie London and Arthur O'Conell after the train robbery. The abrupt ending.
There is quite a bit not wrong also. The outdoor photography. The interior train scenes seem to have been entirely shot on a real train going down the tracks, not a set with rear projection. All the settings are real looking not Hollywood whitewash. Gary Cooper is low-key but builds his conflicted character well. The villains are among the nastiest one can see in pre-1960's westerns. They really lay the groundwork for the stock western psycho in later Spaghetti Westerns. Jack Lord plays a real maniac!
Mann's eye for visual composition really adds to the psychological atmosphere. You can see the influence on Leone and it seems like Leone imitated a couple of shots from this film. The set design for the town of Lasso could have been used in any Italian western.
A good, if depressing, alternate western.