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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaWhen a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
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Abdullah Abbas
- Train Passenger
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Iris Adrian
- Saloon Girl in Fight
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Carl Andre
- Gang Member
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Stanley Andrews
- Mine Owner on Train
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Ray Bennett
- Guard
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Stanley Blystone
- Mine Owner
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- QuizThis was Warner Bros.' first film shot in WarnerColor.
- BlooperJust before Mickey Simpson and his group break through to Randolph Scott and his group of trapped men, Scott blows out the candle that's illuminating his dark prison. When the film cuts to the view from the rescuers point-of-view shot, light can be seen through the hole.
- Citazioni
Zeke Mitchell: You don't agree with me, do you?
Susan Mitchell: As you're so fond of saying, quote: 'I disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!'
Recensione in evidenza
While the Western genre is not one of my favourite film genres, there is still appreciation for it and there are many classics in it. Also like one of the genre's icons Randolph Scott, though not a favourite, with some of his best work being with Budd Boetticher. Andre De Toth was a very gifted director, with already good experience with Westerns (the genre he revisited most frequently), and sadly undervalued. Those were the main reasons for seeing 1952's 'Carson City'.
'Carson City' for me turned out to be an uneven film that finished a good deal weaker than it started. It is also though a mostly enjoyable ride that has a lot to recommend it. It is not the best work of either Scott or De Toth, but again it is not a lesser effort of either of them. Somewhere in the middle for both and when it comes to their collaborations together there is a preference for 'Man in the Saddle' and 'Riding Shotgun', but again a lot is very well done here.
It is at its weakest with the completely superfluous and quite watery love triangle that turned out to not be as incidental to the story as it should have been. It doesn't help that Lucille Norman is incredibly bland and ill at ease, or that her role is very sketchy.
Really do wish that the conclusion was as good as how 'Carson City' started. Instead it was very predictable and lacked tension.
A shame because 'Carson City' started off incredibly well with a quite exhilarating opening. That excitement is maintained for a vast majority of the length, with a good deal of tautly paced and atmospheric storytelling. De Toth's direction is typically confident, one would not think he was actually a last minute replacement, and of the acting only Norman is bad. Scott's gritty charisma is evident throughout and there is strong support from Raymond Massey and Richard Webb.
Visually it looks good, with the photography having a good sense of style and atmosphere. Nothing cheap about the settings either. The music never felt at odds, and the script is lean and intelligent as well as pull no punches.
Concluding, enjoyable. 7/10.
'Carson City' for me turned out to be an uneven film that finished a good deal weaker than it started. It is also though a mostly enjoyable ride that has a lot to recommend it. It is not the best work of either Scott or De Toth, but again it is not a lesser effort of either of them. Somewhere in the middle for both and when it comes to their collaborations together there is a preference for 'Man in the Saddle' and 'Riding Shotgun', but again a lot is very well done here.
It is at its weakest with the completely superfluous and quite watery love triangle that turned out to not be as incidental to the story as it should have been. It doesn't help that Lucille Norman is incredibly bland and ill at ease, or that her role is very sketchy.
Really do wish that the conclusion was as good as how 'Carson City' started. Instead it was very predictable and lacked tension.
A shame because 'Carson City' started off incredibly well with a quite exhilarating opening. That excitement is maintained for a vast majority of the length, with a good deal of tautly paced and atmospheric storytelling. De Toth's direction is typically confident, one would not think he was actually a last minute replacement, and of the acting only Norman is bad. Scott's gritty charisma is evident throughout and there is strong support from Raymond Massey and Richard Webb.
Visually it looks good, with the photography having a good sense of style and atmosphere. Nothing cheap about the settings either. The music never felt at odds, and the script is lean and intelligent as well as pull no punches.
Concluding, enjoyable. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- 2 dic 2022
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 27 minuti
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