From Hell to Texas (1958)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Robert Buckner (screenplay) and
Wendell Mayes (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 junio 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Frase comercial:

in the tradition of "StageCoach" "High Noon" and "Shane" [UK]

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Based On Novel

Comentarios de los usuarios:

In search of a father.

Cast

Don Murray	...	Tod Lohman
Diane Varsi	...	Juanita Bradley
Chill Wills	...	Amos Bradley
Dennis Hopper	...	Tom Boyd
R.G. Armstrong	...	Hunter Boyd
Jay C. Flippen	...	Jake Leffertfinger
Margo	...	Mrs. Bradley
John Larch	...	Hal Carmody
Ken Scott	...	Otis Boyd
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Bayliss
Salvador Baguez	...	Cardito
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Trueblood
Jerry Oddo	...	Morgan
José Torvay	...	Miguel
Malcolm Atterbury	...	Hotel Clerk

También conocida como:

Man Hunt (UK) (poster title)
Manhunt (UK)
The Hell-Bent Kid (USA) (working title)
Del infierno a Texas (Spain) [es]

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | UK:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

Dennis Hopper required 85 retakes for one scene, causing director Henry Hathaway to yell at him, "You'll never work in this town again!" It was ten years before Hopper obtained another major role.

In search of a father.

Henry Hathaway's westerns are more ambitious than simple action films,their high moral standards favorably compare to those of John Ford ,Henry King or Delmer Dames.At first sight,"from hell to Texas " seems a plea against violence ,but it's not only that.

Although a sharpshooter ,Don Murray's character is nothing more than a child who is clueless.The scenes by the river are revealing:he's a shy prudish lad ,whose only guide is his bible and his mother's photograph .In fact,he's desperately searching for a father.On his way,he will meet two older,wiser men for whom he's only a kid . It's really amazing how much these characters feel the hero's weakness and how they want to protect him.

Another father is his fiercest enemy because this man thinks he's responsible for his son's death.The screenplay smartly avoids the events that led to the chase.

On one hand,a young man trying to find a place he can call home (you do not like solitude,don't you,he says to a horse ),on another a blind father who destroys his family because of a false revenge.

The rebuilding of a family,with ,in parallel ,the nearly destruction of another one.