Country: USA
Year: 1966
Duration: 134'
In a small town on the border between Texas and Mexico, an innocent man escapes prison in the company of a dangerous convict, sparking panic in the local population. Sheriff Calder tries to maintain law and order but he is powerless in the face of the local oil tycoon’s overwhelming power, the personal search conducted by the fugitive’s wife, and the community’s racially-motivated thirst for justice. Obviously, the manhunt will have a tragic outcome. A star-studded cast (Marlon Brando, plus Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, and James Fox), with a screenplay by Lillian Hellman and powerful directing by Penn, despite the interference of the producer, Sam Spiegel.
Biography
film director
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn (Pittsburg, PA, USA, 1922 - New York City, USA, 2010) was one of New Hollywood’s favorite directors. His movies have always carefully described and criticized American society. His most successful films include the drama The Miracle Worker (1962), which received two Oscars; the schizophrenic Mickey One (1965), influenced by Europe’s nouvelle vague; the gangster movie Bonnie & Clyde (1967), which also won two Oscars; the crepuscular western Little Big Man (1970); the disenchanted noir Night Moves (1975); another western, only more crude and desperate, The Missouri Breaks (1976); and the mournful drama Four Friends (1981).
FILMOGRAFIA
Billy the Kid (Furia selvaggia, 1958), The Miracle Worker (Anna dei miracoli, 1962), Mickey One (id., 1965), The Chase (La caccia, 1966), Bonnie & Clyde (Gangster Story, 1967), Alice’s Restaurant (id., 1969), Little Big Man (Il piccolo grande uomo, 1970), Visions of Eight (Ciò che l’occhio non vede, ep. The Hightest, 1973), Night Moves (Bersaglio di notte, 1975), The Missouri Breaks (Missouri, 1976), Four Friends (Gli amici di Georgia, 1981), Target (Target - Scuola omicidi, 1985), Dead of Winter (Omicidio allo specchio, 1987), Penn & Teller Get Killed (Con la morte non si scherza, 1989), Lumière et compagnie (ep., 1995), Inside (tv, 1996), 100 Centre Street (ep, serie tv, 2001).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Arthur Penn. Story: from the play by Horton Foote. SCREENPLAY: Lillian Hellman CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph LaShelle. EDITING: Gene Milford. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Richard Day, Robert Luthardt, Frank Tuttle. COSTUME DESIGN: Donfeld. MUSIC: John Barry. CAST: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Malcolm Atterbury, James Fox. PRODUCTION: Sam Spiegel per Universal Pictures, Horizon Pictures.
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