Pasto de sangre

Título original: The Sheepman

1958
Approved
1h 25min

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Shirley MacLaine and Glenn Ford in Pasto de sangre (1958)

A brash stranger and his sheep arrive in a small town, but not soon after, the townspeople decide they've seen enough of him.

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Western

Jason Sweet es un ganadero de ovejas que se enfrenta a un terrateniente local al conducir sus rebaños a través de su territorio. Los problemas se acentúan cuando el ganadero se enamora de la... Leer todoJason Sweet es un ganadero de ovejas que se enfrenta a un terrateniente local al conducir sus rebaños a través de su territorio. Los problemas se acentúan cuando el ganadero se enamora de la hija de su enemigo.Jason Sweet es un ganadero de ovejas que se enfrenta a un terrateniente local al conducir sus rebaños a través de su territorio. Los problemas se acentúan cuando el ganadero se enamora de la hija de su enemigo.

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Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
- 3 nominaciones en total

Red
(as Buzz Henry)

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Angelo

Richard Alexander

Barfly
(sin créditos)

Leon Alton

Party Guest
(sin créditos)

Roscoe Ates

Town Loafer
(sin créditos)

Emile Avery

Party Guest
(sin créditos)

Walter Bacon

Townsman
(sin créditos)

Irene Barton

Mme. Fifi
(sin créditos)

Danny Borzage

Accordionist
(sin créditos)

John Bose

Townsman
(sin créditos)

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Trivia
Glenn Ford was nearly 20 years older than Shirley MacLaine.

Errores
The action is supposed to be in the summer, specifically around the Fourth of July, as evidenced by the town holding a July 4th party. But outdoor Fall colors are clearly in evidence throughout the film.

Citas
Angelo: How come you get into the sheep business, boss?
Jason Sweet: Well, I'll tell ya, Angelo. You see, it's this way. I just got tired of kicking cows around. You know how dumb they are.
Angelo: And you think sheep are smarter?
Jason Sweet: Oh, no, no. They're dumber. Only their easier kicking...and woollier.

Conexiones
Featured in 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994)

Bandas sonoras
Buffalo Girls
(uncredited)
Traditional
[Sung at the party when Sweet is taken to visit the colonel]

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9/10

A Different Kind of Western

Although "The Sheepman" is full of comic moments, none of them could quite be considered to be of the parody or even the self-reflexive variety. George Marshall's 1958 western was produced a few years before the genre began imitating television westerns by moving in that direction with films like "Cat Ballou" and "Support Your Local Sheriff". Most of this film's humor comes from the off-kilter nature of Glenn Ford's cowboy hero Jason Sweet. He is my all-time favorite Ford character, alternating between standard western hero and detached manipulator. His scenes with Mickey Shaughnessy (as town bully Jumbo) are funny because they totally break genre conventions. The Coen Brothers have used a similar technique in many of their films, writing dialogue totally mismatched with what one expects from a particular movie stereotyped character. The effectiveness of the device (and its novelty in 1958) led to William Bowers & James Edward Grant receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay.

The story gets moving right away as the title character (Sweet) hits the town of Powder Valley, seemingly on a mission to alienate every citizen with whom he comes into contact. This also serves as a quick introduction to most of the supporting cast as he insults the railroad station master (Percy Helton), gives unsolicited advice to a young lady (Shirley MacLaine), tricks the livery stable owner (Edgar Buchanan of "Petticoat Junction" fame); and gets the better of the general store proprietor (Harry Harvey). He then picks a fight with Jumbo (Shaughnessy) and ends the day by announcing his intention to graze sheep on the nearby public lands. This puts him into conflict with a local cattleman named "The Colonel" (a very young and uncharacteristically serious Leslie Neilsen).

MacLaine's often exasperated heroine would serve as inspiration for the Suzanne Pleshette and Joan Hackett characters in "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and "Support Your Local Sheriff".

"The Sheepman" is refreshingly different; witty, unpredictable, and extremely entertaining.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.