Highest commitment in Laredo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Highest commitment in Laredo |
| Original title | A big hand for the little lady |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fielder Cook |
| script | Sidney Carroll |
| production | Fielder Cook |
| music | David Raksin |
| camera | Lee Garmes |
| cut | George R. Rohrs |
| occupation | |
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The highest stakes in Laredo is a comedic American western by Fielder Cook from 1966. The premiere of the film took place on May 31, 1966 in Houston , the general theatrical release in the USA took place on June 8, 1966. In Germany it first hit theaters on August 12, 1966.
action
The Texan city of Laredo in 1896. The five richest men in the area meet for their annual game of poker in the back room of a saloon. Henry Drummond left his daughter's wedding so he wouldn't be late for the game. Benson Tropp is a women hating undertaker. The preppy lawyer Otto Habershaw left his client, who is to be sentenced to death, so as not to miss the game. Dennis Wilcox got rich from raising cattle and Jesse Buford's greed is well known.
The game of poker resumes the next day when the farmer Meredith arrives in town with his wife Mary and son Jackie. Mary has the battered carriage repaired. Meanwhile, Meredith watches the game of poker. Meredith had vowed never to play again, but unable to resist the temptation, he took all the family money and entered the game. When Mary returns, Meredith has to raise another $ 500 to stay in the game. But the excitement and tension - there are now $ 20,000 on the table - coupled with Mary's indignation is too much for his heart and he collapses. Dr. Scully is called. Just before he passes out, he sends Mary to the poker table. To save the family's money, Mary, who doesn't know anything about poker, agrees.
With her poker hand she goes to the banker Ballinger and offers him the cards as a deposit. The initially amused players are astonished when the banker accepts the request and joins the game for Mary. He raised to $ 5,000. The others can't keep up and drop out. You leave $ 16,000. You console yourself with the fact that you have lost to a brave woman. What they don't know is that they have been given a trick. Meredith and Mary are professional gamblers, the doctor and banker are their accomplices.
Reviews
For the lexicon of international film , the film is "an unconventional Western with serious exposure, but comedic execution, which is very lengthy and sometimes maudlinly staged. At least with a nice and surprising punchline at the end." Cinema magazine describes the film as a "little gamer western with a great ending." The magazine TV Movie had the same tenor : "Entertaining, with an amazing ending."
Awards
In 1967 Joanne Woodward was nominated for the Laurel Award for "Best Actress in a Comedy". She took fourth place.
background
The former silent film comedian Chester Conklin can be seen in his last film role in a small supporting role . Also for Charles Bickford it was the last appearance in a movie. Another small role took on Mae Clarke , which had its career peak in the 1930s.
Fielder Cook had already directed the TV adaptation of the script three years earlier. James Berwick played Sam again under the title "Big Deal in Laredo". Meredith was portrayed by Walter Matthau . Both Cook and screenwriter Sidney Carroll won Emmy for this .
Web links
- For the Little Lady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Highest commitment in Laredo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/hoechster- Einsatz-in-laredo,1307901, ApplicationMovie.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
