Uomini e cobra

Titolo originale: There Was a Crooked Man...
Regia: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Anno: 1970
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Western
Tag: prison | prison escape | criminal | warden |
Cast: Kirk Douglas | Henry Fonda | Hume Cronyn | Warren Oates | Burgess Meredith | John Randolph | Lee Grant | Arthur O'Connell | Martin Gabel | Michael Blodgett | C.K. Yang | Alan Hale Jr. | Victor French | Claudia McNeil | Bert Freed | Jeanne Cooper | Barbara Rhoades | Gene Evans | Pamela Hensley | J. Edward McKinley | Karl Lukas | Larry D. Mann | Ann Doran | Paul Prokop | Bart Burns | E.J. André | David Armstrong | Bob Bennett | Bill Borzage | Danny Borzage | Buff Brady | David Cadiente | Vincente Cadiente | Harry Caesar | Virginia Capers | James J. Casino | Donald Chaffin | Al Checco | Robert Cleaves | John Davey | Barbara Eaton | Duke Fishman | Byron Foulger | Bruce Garrick | Lars Hensen | Bob Herron | George Hickman | Harry Holcombe | Clyde Howdy | Michael Jeffers | Henry Kingi | Ron Kinwald | Monty Laird | Jacquelyn Landrum | John Lawrence | Norman Leavitt | Ian McLean | John McCook | Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Paul Newlan | Terry L. Nichols | Carol Nicholson | Gerry Okuneff | Renee Paul | Jack Perkins | Red Perkins | Bill Peterson | Mel Pittenger | Roberta Randall | Clark Ross | James Seay | Vincent St. Cyr | Ron Stein | Kelly Thordsen | George Tracy | Rick Traeger | Jesse Wayne | Napoleon Whiting | Guy Wilkerson | Ilona Wilson | Will Wyler |

Dopo una sanguinosa rapina, il bandito Pitman elimina i complici e nasconde il bottino in una fossa di serpenti a sonagli. Viene catturato dallo sceriffo Lopeman che lo spedisce in carcere. Pitman diviene ben presto il leader dei detenuti. Spargendo abilmente la voce del suo ricco bottino nascosto, Pitman corrompe il direttore, ma questi viene ucciso. Lo sostituisce Lopeman, che coinvolge Pitman nei suoi programmi di rieducazione, ma proprio all'inaugurazione del nuovo refettorio Pitman evade.

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One of 6 films in which both Henry Fonda and Burgess Meredith appeared. D
A realistic 1880s territorial prison replica was constructed on four acres in the high-desert countr [...] D
The first words heard as the title sequence commences are spoke by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. D
The poem recited by the schoolteacher at the dedication is "Invictus" written in 1875 by William Ern [...] D
The construction of the vast prison set cost $300,000. D
At an early stage, Joseph L. Mankiewicz was hoping to get Warren Beatty and John Wayne for the two l [...] D
The "enormous" dressing trailer for Kirk Douglas stood just outside the location's prison set. Repor [...] D
Kirk Douglas and Burgess Meredith (the Missouri Kid) both appeared in Prima vittoria (1965), in whic [...] D
"Warner Brothers'" front office was very worried about this film. It was shot over a five-month peri [...] D
Twelve rattlesnakes were used for a key scene but failed to hiss on cue. The hissing had to be dubbe [...] D
Much of the filming was done in the Joshua Tree National Monument, 50 miles northeast of Indio, Cali [...] D
Producer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz insisted on a real copy of "The Police Gazette" dated 1882 fo [...] D
Cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. would go on to shoot a number of other westerns including "Strin [...] D
Final film of Byron Foulger. D
Hume Cronyn was diagnosed with optic cancer, which required the surgical removal of an eye. Cronyn v [...] D
Barbara Rhoades plays a schoolteacher who is a guest at the prison's opening of the new dining hall. [...] D
The prison set took seven weeks to build. When construction began, it was snowing. When it ended, th [...] D
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz suffered a back injury at his home during the production, missed two d [...] D
Final film of James Seay. D
In the climactic prison uprising, Barbara Rhoades is last seen wearing a corset (with amply jiggling [...] D
Debut of actress Pamela Hensley. D
Only Western directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. D

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