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Liekehtivä erämaa

Original title: The Violent Men
  • 19551955
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 36m
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6.9/10
2.9K
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Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, and Barbara Stanwyck in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
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Western

A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.

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  • Director
    • Rudolph Maté
  • Writers
    • Harry Kleiner(screenplay)
    • Donald Hamilton(based upon a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Edward G. Robinson
  • Director
    • Rudolph Maté
  • Writers
    • Harry Kleiner(screenplay)
    • Donald Hamilton(based upon a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Edward G. Robinson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 47User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Brian Keith, and Barbara Stanwyck in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
    Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Brian Keith, and Barbara Stanwyck in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
    Edward G. Robinson and Brian Keith in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
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    Richard Jaeckel and May Wynn in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
    Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
    Glenn Ford in Liekehtivä erämaa (1955)
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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • John Parrish
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Martha Wilkison
    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • Lew Wilkison
    Dianne Foster
    Dianne Foster
    • Judith Wilkison
    Brian Keith
    Brian Keith
    • Cole Wilkison
    May Wynn
    May Wynn
    • Caroline Vail
    Warner Anderson
    Warner Anderson
    • Jim McCloud
    Basil Ruysdael
    Basil Ruysdael
    • Tex Hinkleman
    Lita Milan
    Lita Milan
    • Elena
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Wade Matlock
    James Westerfield
    James Westerfield
    • Sheriff Magruder
    Jack Kelly
    Jack Kelly
    • DeRosa
    Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    • Sheriff Martin Kenner
    Harry Shannon
    Harry Shannon
    • Purdue
    James Anderson
    James Anderson
    • Hank Purdue
    • (uncredited)
    Carl Andre
    • Dryer
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Beaver
    • Tex Hinkleman's Other Son
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Beltram
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rudolph Maté
    • Writers
      • Harry Kleiner(screenplay)
      • Donald Hamilton(based upon a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Edward G. Robinson may seem oddly cast in a western, but he was a rush replacement for Broderick Crawford who early on in shooting fell off his horse and was injured. Robinson would later appear in the western Cheyenne (1964), this time replacing the ill Spencer Tracy.
    • Quotes

      [No one attends Wade Matlock's funeral]

      John Parrish: Matlock wasn't the kind to have any friends after he was dead.

    • Connections
      Featured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)

    User reviews47

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    Great movie stars, great scenery, satisfying B-movie.
    Caught this on TCM late last night. Could not resist watching a film with Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyyck Barbara is the attractive woman you love to hate and plays it to the hilt. Edward G. Robinson is convincing as always as the villain-in-chief. Glenn Ford always a pleasure to watch. The scene in the saloon where Glenn Ford faces down the murdering henchman, surrounded by his cronies, is just what you want to see a reluctant hero do.

    But what caught my attention most was the scenery. I am sure this is one of the 100 or more movies filmed in Lone Pine, California amidst the Alabama Hills* lying just north of town. Rock formations provide the rugged scenery where over 100 cowboy movies have been filmed with every major cowboy movie star. It was the setting for "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Spencer Tracy, Ernest Borgnine and Jack Palance. Films were made here with John Wayne, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and it was also the setting for, surprisingly, "Gunga Din". With snow-capped Sierra Nevada peaks in the background, I tried but could not possibly identify Mount Whitney, at just under 15,000 feet, the highest point in the lower 48 USA states.

    One reviewer above complains about the use of stock footage for the cattle stampede as well as for stampeding the (enemies') horses. I just marvel at the motion picture arts that they could even create such scenes at all. Did they pay some huge rancher to allow a cattle stampede??? That must have run off many pounds of expensive beef. The horse stampede must likewise have been expensive. If these were wild horses filmed at large, they sure did a skillful job intercutting the clips with the ranchers' corrals in the film.

    All in all, a standard oater but with great movie stars, scenery and action, I enjoyed watching. I think you will too.

    (* Oh, yes. The Alabama Hills. In California? They were named during the Civil War by miners sympathetic to the Confederate cause. If you should drive North on California State 395 en route perhaps to ski at Mammoth Mountain, spend a few minutes to detour through the Alabama Hills. And take your camera! You'll be glad you did. Well worth the time.)
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    • Release date
      • August 26, 1955 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Violent Men
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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