A Bullet Is Waiting

19541954
ApprovedApproved
1h 30m

After crashing their small plane in the wilderness, a sheriff deputy and his prisoner take shelter at an isolated farm.After crashing their small plane in the wilderness, a sheriff deputy and his prisoner take shelter at an isolated farm.After crashing their small plane in the wilderness, a sheriff deputy and his prisoner take shelter at an isolated farm.

5.5/10

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Director
- John Farrow
Writers
- Casey Robinson
- Thames Williamson(screenplay)
Stars

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A policeman and his prisoner survive the crash of the plane in the mountains in which they were traveling. They seek shelter in the lonely hut of a man and his daughter... —Volker Boehm

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Taglines
- Explosive and overpowering hate and drama in the High Sierras!
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Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Goofs
In the shootout at the end, the rifle is clearly a small bore .22 caliber single-shot bolt action. However, the sound effects with each shot sounds as though it is a large caliber gun, with a loud boom and crack.

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6/10

Watchable Pseudo Western...

A airplane crash leaves Lawman Sheriff Munson (Stephan McNally) and Prisoner Ed Stone (Rory Calhoun) stranded on a Sheep Ranch in the modern (1954) West. Between escape attempts ED makes a play for the beautiful Cally Canham (Jean Simmons) who is holding down the ranch for her Father David (Brian Aherne). MUNSON has a personal grudge against ED, but FATHER David arrives at the close too sort things out and you expect ED and CALLY will eventually get together, nuff said.

Good scenery and interesting casting are the most worthwhile features of this film. Calhoun and McNally seem quite at home in the West, but Aherne and Simmons would seem too be by intellect and temperament more suited for a drawing room. Jean does fill out her 'jeans' quite well and is as sexy in those as any more feminine costume. She would exhibit the same assets in THE BIG COUNTRY (1958). The film is worth watching just for her.

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