The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Marvin H. Albert (novel)
William Bowers (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 julio 1958 (Japan)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Outlaw Clint Hollister escapes from jail with the help of Marshal Jake Wade, because once Clint did the same for him...

Plot Keywords:

Treasure Hunt | Sheriff | Outlaw | Loot | Haunted By Past

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good standard western, but with no outstanding merits...

Cast

Robert Taylor	...	Jake Wade
Richard Widmark	...	Clint Hollister
Patricia Owens	...	Peggy
Robert Middleton	...	Ortero
Henry Silva	...	Rennie
DeForest Kelley	...	Wexler (as De Forest Kelley)
Burt Douglas	...	Lieutenant
Eddie Firestone	...	Burke

También conocida como:

Desafío en la ciudad muerta (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

UK:U | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Quotes:

Peggy Carter: Your father was a preacher?
Rennie: Kind of a phony evangelist. I tell ya, he was about the meanest man I've ever met in my life. He just naturally liked to beat up on anything that was smaller than him. And of course, he could always say he was beating the fear of God into ya.
Peggy Carter: Well, where is he now?
Rennie: Well, I, ah, well I hope I know where he is. He was the first man I ever killed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Majority of One (1961)

Good standard western, but with no outstanding merits...

In his second Western of 1958, after "Saddle the Wind," Taylor again is a reformed outlaw who has deserted Widmark's gang, taking along the proceed from a bank robbery...

Taylor becomes a highly respected marshal of a small New Mexico town... He discovers that his old gang leader Widmark faces hanging nearly on a murder charge...

Since Taylor owes his companion an ancient favor, he decides to help him escape from jail, but lives to regret it...

Widmark kidnaps Taylor and his sweetheart Patricia Owens and he and his four confederates (Robert Middleton; Henry Silva; DeForest Kelley and Burt Douglas) force them across the Sierras to a deserted ghost town where Taylor has hidden a buried loot...

Taylor and Owens attempt to escape but Widmark drives them into the town to recover the money... The Comanches were there on their backs... A well-staged Indian raid follows plus the final showdown..

With good shots of the High Sierras and Death Valley, "Law and Jake Wade" is a good standard Western filled with irony dialog and sardonic humor, enjoyable throughout, but with no outstanding merits...