In Acht und Bann

Originaltitel: At Gunpoint

1955
12
1 Std. 21 Min.

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Walter Brennan, Fred MacMurray, and Dorothy Malone in In Acht und Bann (1955)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero after he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return ... Alles lesenThe peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero after he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return of the vengeful bandits.The peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero after he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return of the vengeful bandits.

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6,3/10

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Joel McCrea was originally cast as Jack Wright.

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Bob (Skip Homeier) is blasted with a shotgun, the force of which sends him flying off his horse aided by a wire which is plainly seen.

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Bob Dennis: I'm sick of these two-bit towns. What's wrong with a place like Abilene, for instance?
Alvin Dennis: Everything, as far as we're concerned.
Bob Dennis: They're bound to have a lot of cash on hand. They've got to pay off the trail drives.
Alvin Dennis: That's just it. Where's there's a lot of cash, there's a lot of guns.
Bob Dennis: We're not exactly amateurs.
Alvin Dennis: That's why we're alive. And we'll stay that way as long as we stick to the small towns.

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7/10

From hero to leper

Fred MacMurray was not fond of his westerns, his most famous quote was that "the horse and I were never as one". But he rode no horses in At Gunpoint. MacMurray plays the town storekeeper who takes up a weapon and together with Frank Ferguson shoots Jack Pickard head of a gang trying to rob John Qualen's bank. He gets the outlaw leader and saves the money. The town acclaims him and Ferguson, but Ferguson is ambushed by the same gang outside town, MacMurray becomes the town leper.

Comparisons have been made with High Noon, but I think this resembles more 3:10 to Yuma and Johnny Concho. In those two westerns we had citizen heroes as opposed to cowboy heroes. There's no resemblance to John Wayne in MacMurray's role.

Even his wife Dorothy Malone wants him to leave, but MacMurray wants to stay. His only friend is the town doctor Walter Brennan.

This is a very good if somewhat unconventional western. Keep an eye on Skip Homeier as well. He's playing once again an evil punk.