Le dernier train de Gun Hill

Titre original : Last Train from Gun Hill

1959
Approved
1h 35m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

9,1 k

MA NOTE

Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Earl Holliman, and Ziva Rodann in Le dernier train de Gun Hill (1959)

Liretrailer2 min 44 s

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Western

Un marshal tente de traduire en justice le fils d'un vieil ami, un baron autocratique du bétail, pour sa participation dans le viol et le meurtre de sa femme amérindienne.Un marshal tente de traduire en justice le fils d'un vieil ami, un baron autocratique du bétail, pour sa participation dans le viol et le meurtre de sa femme amérindienne.Un marshal tente de traduire en justice le fils d'un vieil ami, un baron autocratique du bétail, pour sa participation dans le viol et le meurtre de sa femme amérindienne.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

9,1 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 nomination au total

Lee Smithers
(as Brian Hutton)

Ziva Rodann

Catherine Morgan

Bing Russell

Skag

Val Avery

Steve, Horseshoe Bartender'

Walter Sande

Sheriff Bartlett

Eric Alden

Craig's Man
(uncredited)

John Anderson

Salesman in Horseshoe
(uncredited)

Emile Avery

Townsman
(uncredited)

Michael Bachus

Townsmen
(uncredited)

Kenneth Becker

Cowboy
(uncredited)

George Bell

Barfly
(uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Small Man in Horseshoe
(uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman
(uncredited)

Histoire

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Anecdotes
During the final shootout, Morgan was supposed to beat Smithers to the draw. However, the actor playing Smithers, Brian G. Hutton kept beating Douglas to the draw. Finally it was decided that Kirk Douglas should be holding a shotgun thereby ending that argument. Afterwards Douglas remarked "Can you imagine that upstart beating me to the draw?" Anthony Quinn said, "Don't worry about it, Kirk. We'll get him in the editing room."

Gaffes
On its way to Gun Hill, the train has four cars. By the time it reaches the station, there are only two, and the baggage car is a different one than before.

Citations
Rick Belden, Craig's Son: Don't take no guts to kill a man when he's cuffed!
Marshal Matt Morgan: Takes guts not to. Be too easy on ya. You'd die too quick. I know an old man who'd like to kill you, Belden - the Indian way: slow. That's how I'm gonna do it: slow - but the white man's way. First you stand trial. That takes a fair amount of time, and you'll do a lot of sweating! Then they'll sentence ya. I never seen a man who didn't get sick to his stomach when he heard the kind of sentence you'll draw. After that you'll sit in a cell and wait, maybe for months, thinking how that rope will feel around your neck. Then they'll come around, some cold morning, just before sun-up. They'll tie your arms behind you. You'll start blubbering, kicking, yelling for help. But it won't do you any good. They'll drag you out in the yard, heave you up on that platform, fix that rope around your neck and leave you out there all alone with a big black hood over your eyes. You know the last sound you hear? Kind of a thump when they kick the trapdoor catch - and down you go. You'll hit the end of that rope like a sack of potatoes, all dead weight. It'll be white hot around your neck and your Adam's Apple will turn to mush. You'll fight for your breath, but you haven't got any breath. Your brain will begin to boil. You'll scream and holler! But nobody'll hear you. You'll hear it. But nobody else. Finally you're just swingin' there - all alone and dead.

Connexions
Featured in Le livre d'image (2018)

Bandes originales
Polly Wolly Doodle
(uncredited)
Attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett

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9/10

Make the Extraordinarily Suspenseful visit to "Gun Hill"

Don't miss the beginning of this film. Not only is it essential to the whole picture, but it is also a great example of how a filmmaker can show a brutal crime without showing the details on-screen. In the opening, a brutal rape and murder occur; director John Sturges and the performers relay very effectively what happens, it's the horror in your mind.

Kirk Douglas stars, and he is riveting. My favorite of Mr. Douglas' scenes is when he describes a hanging to Earl Holliman - it's an "award-worthy" performance; but won none or few, no doubt. The others all perform amicably, too. After Douglas goes to Gun Hill, he sees old friend Anthony Quinn watch how Douglas and Mr. Quinn play their first scene and you'll see how good these two actors are.

You always have to suspend disbelief in film watching, and a western is a little different. Westerns have their own world, which you accept, or don't. I could not really accept Mr. Quinn and Earl Holliman as father and son, at first. I think it could have been helped if Quinn had done something different with his hair; he never seemed concerned about thinning or gray hair, so I can't fathom the hair it made him look younger than usual. After the movie went on, I decided to just accept that like I accept the rules you accept when you watch a western.

Besides, Quinn and Holliman are far to good to replace. Then, add Carolyn Jones... Now, I figured, at first, she would have the standard "look pretty and kiss the hero" role -- but, that was not so; actually, she was given a real good part and had a chance to perform a meaningful acting role. Ms. Jones showed she should have been given more good film roles.

So many westerns try build this suspense -- "Last Train from Gun Hill" should have you shaking in your cowboy boots.

********* Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) John Sturges ~ Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman