Fox western classics

The Resource Fox western classics
Label
Fox western classics
Statement of responsibility
Twentieth Century Fox presents
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • The gunfighter: In this noir-influenced Western, Gregory Peck stars as an aging gunslinger, sick of killing but haunted by punks wanting to make a name for themselves by slaying a legend. After being warned by his old friend the Sheriff, Peck decides to return East to see his estranged wife and the child he left behind. Knowing his death is an inevitability if he stays, Peck leaves but before he can reach his destination his past catches up with him in the form of a young outlaw
  • Rawhide: Tyrone Power stars as Tom Owens, the assistant manager of a remote stagecoach way station. A coach arrives, bearing Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward), who carries her baby niece in her arms. Having learned that an outlaw gang is in the vicinity, Owens advises Vinnie to hold up at the station until the next day. Shortly thereafter, the gang arrives and kills stationmaster Sam Todd (Edgar Buchanan). Outlaw leader Zimmerman (Hugh Marlowe), assuming that Owens and Vinnie are the baby's parents, decides not to kill them as well but to hold them prisoner while he and his men await the arrival of a gold shipment. Tension mounts as the relatively civilized Zimmerman argues with his psychotic henchman Tevis (Jack Elam) over the fate of the "married couple." Meanwhile, Owens tries to think up an escape plan for himself, Vinnie and the child
  • Garden of Evil: Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell portray three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, en route to California to prospect for gold. Stopping over in a tiny Mexican village, the three men are hired by Susan Hayward to rescue her husband, who is trapped in a gold mine in hostile Indian territory. The threesome agree to the expedition, their interest piqued by the possibility of picking up some gold themselves. During the harrowing journey, the party's already frayed nerves are aggravated when the men become attracted to Hayward. The group arrives at the mine's location--the Garden of Evil, so named because the Indians regard it as the domain of evil spirits. During the escape, Hayward's husband (Hugh Marlowe) is killed by the Indians, as is Mitchell. Cooper and Widmark play cards to decide who will take Hayward to safety and who will cover them while they flee. Cooper wins--but later discovers that Widmark had cheated in order to sacrifice himself
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DPL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • The gunfighter: director, Henry King ; screenplay, William Bowers and William Sellers ; producer, Nunnally Johnson
  • Rawhide: director, Henry Hathaway ; writer, Dudley Nichols ; producer, Samuel G. Engel ; photography, Milton Krasner ; music, Sol Kaplan
  • Garden of Evil: director, Henry Hathaway ; producer, Charles Brackett
Intended audience
Not Rated
Language note
  • The gunfighter: English (mono and stereo), French (mono) or Spanish (mono) audio with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
  • Rawhide: English (mono and stereo) audio with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
  • Garden of Evil: English (4.0 Dolby surround), French (mono) or Spanish (mono) audio with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
  • The gunfighter: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Skip Homeier, Anthony Ross, Verna Felton, Ellen Corby, Richard Jaeckel
  • Rawhide: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam
  • Garden of Evil: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, High Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Runtime
272
Series statement
Cinema classics collection
Technique
live action

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