Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)

Director:

Bernard McEveety

Writers:

Al Dewlen (novel)
Andrew J. Fenady (writer)

Release Date:

January 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Robbed And Left To Die... Now the hunted becomes the hunter!

Plot:

Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt...

Plot Keywords:

Saloon | Bartender | Dragged By Horse | Stolen Money | Cat

Cast

Chuck Connors	...	Jonas Trapp, the Tiger
Michael Rennie	...	Brooks Durham
Kathryn Hays	...	Jessie Larkin Trapp
Joan Blondell	...	Mrs. Lavender
Gloria Grahame	...	Bonnie Shelley
Gary Merrill	...	Dub Stokes
Bill Bixby	...	Johnsy Boy Hood
Claude Akins	...	Elwood Coates
Paul Fix	...	Hanley
Marissa Mathes	...	Maria (as Marrisa Mathes)
Harry Harvey	...	Vogan (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
William Bryant	...	Bartender
Jamie Farr	...	Pete the Blacksmith
Larry Domasin	...	The Mexican Boy
Bill Catching	...	A Drunk (as William Catching)

Also Known As:

Night of the Tiger
The Tiger Wore Guns (USA) (working title)
You Can't Ever Go Home Again (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

101 min (Encore-Westerns Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Norway:16 | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16

Company:

Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions

Trivia:

The names of the characters in the book on which "Ride Beyond Vengeance" is based are also the names of the characters in the movie, with one notable exception. The name of the man played by Chuck Connors has been changed from "Julius Rupp" to "Jonas Trapp".

Quotes:

Elwood Coates: [to himself] Now we gonna get all the money Whiskey Man. We don't have to share it with nobody.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Home Alone 3 (1997)

Great Little Movie!

This is a great little movie, with everything from a double-flashback story line to the contemporary prologue and epilogue. Chuck Connors gives his best performance, as the hard-bitten buffalo hunter, whom abandoned his new bride (Kathryn Hays) to make a fortune for her. On his return, he is robbed by a band of thugs (Claude Akins, Bill Bixby and Paul Fix). They rob him, beat him, and brand him! Connors spends the rest of the film obtaining justice, both from the thugs and from the woman he left behind.

The real acting kudos in this movie belong to Kathryn Hays, Gloria Grahame, Claude Akins and, most of all, Bill Bixby. Kathryn Hays sweet face belies the rage she feels at having been abandoned by Connors. Gloria Grahame is the older, still beautiful woman who cannot accept that her mature beauty is not appreciated by ladies man, Bill Bixby. Claude Akins produces a truly original portrait, a SYMPATHETIC psychopathic, sadistic killer. But Bill Bixby is the real revelation, as the narcissistic, masochistic ladies man. Bixby's performance is dowright hypnotic. The ending would be more satisfying in a novel than a movie; but, this film is well worth seeing.