A Distant Trumpet (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

John Twist (screenplay)
Richard Fielder (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

30 mayo 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Lt. Hazard, fresh out of West Point, arrives in Arizona Territory at hot, dusty, Fort Delivery. Appalled by the lax discipline of its troops...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

ONE OF THE LAST GREAT WESTERN FILM ADVENTURES

Cast

Troy Donahue	...	2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
Diane McBain	...	Laura Frelief (Quaint's niece)
James Gregory	...	Maj. Gen. Alexander Upton Quaint
William Reynolds	...	1st Lt. Teddy Mainwarring
Claude Akins	...	Seely Jones
Kent Smith	...	Secretary of War
Judson Pratt	...	Capt. Cedric Gray MD
Bartlett Robinson	...	Maj. Hiram Prescott
Bobby Bare	...	Pvt Cranshaw
Larry Ward	...	Sgt. Kroger
Richard X. Slattery	...	Sgt. Fry
Mary Patton	...	Mrs. Jessica Prescott
Russell Johnson	...	Capt. Brinker (Judge Advocate's office)
Lane Bradford	...	Maj. Miller

También conocida como:

Trompeta lejana, Una (Spain) [es]

Duración:

117 min | Germany:96 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (nf) (cut version) | West Germany:16 (nf) (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #20573) | Finland:K-8

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

ONE OF THE LAST GREAT WESTERN FILM ADVENTURES

The more I watch this, the more I like it. Great epic scenes with a huge cast of soldiers, Indians, and horses in real American West settings. The wide screen Panavision photography (with original release prints in IB Technicolor) is excellent. CGI may be fine, but I have yet to see anything surpass the look of hundreds of REAL men on horses in stunning REAL outdoor settings.

As for the story, while I thought the book was very good, the way the characters are handled in the film is better in some ways, and the ending of the film much more to my liking.

One thing they did have to tone down from the book was the sex element. It appears WB even adjusted one sequence after prints were made up. This appears in Reel Two, where Matt Hazard (Tro Donahue) and Kitty Mainwarring (Susan Pleshette) are in thr cave together overnight. With Pleshette's back to audience line (apparently later dubbed in) says "Good night Matt" and there is an ABRUPT cut to daytime and troops coming into the fort. 35mm and 16mm prints I have seen all contain this SLICED cut. And the original 35mm trailer containing the cave sequence does not contain the "good night" line". I believe that originally there was an embrace and kiss between Troy and Suzanne and a DISSOLVE to the next scene (or fade out & in).

In any event, as Westerns go, this has a good story and looks better all the time, especially wide screen.