En nombre de la ley

Título original: Lawman

1971
R
1h 39min

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Burt Lancaster in En nombre de la ley (1971)

A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.

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Un representante de la ley de Bannock llega a Sabbath para arrestar a todos los ganaderos cuya salvaje celebración el año anterior resultó en la muerte accidental de un anciano.Un representante de la ley de Bannock llega a Sabbath para arrestar a todos los ganaderos cuya salvaje celebración el año anterior resultó en la muerte accidental de un anciano.Un representante de la ley de Bannock llega a Sabbath para arrestar a todos los ganaderos cuya salvaje celebración el año anterior resultó en la muerte accidental de un anciano.

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Curiosidades
Some scenes were shot in the same Western location town as Howard Hawks's final film, Río Lobo (1970). Michael Winner says in his autobiography that the crews of both films met in the middle of the town, as in a Western showdown, but without guns.

Pifias
When Maddox (Burt Lancaster) shoots the horse out from under Vernon Adams (Robert Duvall), the man who is thrown from the falling horse has a full head of hair, and is clearly a stunt double. Robert Duvall was totally bald on top in this movie. The stuntman even tries to hide the fact by placing his hand right on top of his head as he comes up, but the full head of hair is still visible.

Citas
Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox: I remember you at Fort Bliss.
Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan: That's my trouble. Everybody remembers me at Fort Bliss.

Versiones alternativas
All UK video versions are cut by 4 secs to remove a cruel horse-fall.

Conexiones
Featured in Sven Uslings Bio: Lawman (2019)

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A Great, Often Misunderstood Western

There are many fine performances in this film. Robert Ryan is the former hero who now admits he "eats dirt" for a living. Sheree North is at her finest as a lady with a past whose love for her man is unappreciated. Robert Duvall plays an interesting character who pleads not to have his life ruined (but watch the opening scenes closely to see just what he does to someone else's livelihood). Lee J. Cobb gives his usual strong performance as a guy who leads a wild bunch but gave up being wild long ago. I've read many of the reviews on imdb concerning this western, & I have to conclude that only a few writers have understood it well. It's about good & evil, yes, but who is good & who is evil? Does "good" have to be 100% good & does "evil" have to be 100% evil? Obviously not, & that's what this film is about. And towards the very end of the film, just when we think we've figured out who is "mostly good" & who is "mostly evil" we find that even then we may be mistaken. Throughout the film, it seems easy to understand Burt Lancaster's character, because he's so "black & white" & so one dimensional. That's what makes the ending so shocking & so thought provoking: we find out we didn't know Sheriff Maddox (Lancaster) at all, we just thought we did. And aren't appearances deceiving? When I watched it on DVD, "Lawman" caused quite an extended discussion amongst viewers following the film's conclusion, mostly about "Just what happened there?!" That's the sign of an outstanding film, so I rate it 9/10.