The Black Rider (1947)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The black rider |
| Original title | Angel and the Badman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | James Edward Grant |
| script | James Edward Grant |
| production | John Wayne |
| music |
Cy Fire Richard Hageman |
| camera | Archie Stout |
| cut | Harry Keller |
| occupation | |
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The black rider (original title: Angel and the Badman ) is an American western by the director James Edward Grant from 1947. The German premiere of the first film produced by John Wayne was in 1949.
action
Quirt Evans's horse collapses from exhaustion on the property of a Quaker family. Evans tells the helpful family that he has to go to the nearest town to send a vital telegram. The family man and his daughter bring Evans to town. The telegraph station in town is closed, but when the name Quirt Evans is mentioned, the officer is immediately ready to reopen. Evans sends out a land purchase confirmation.
It turns out that Evans is wounded. He is taken to the family home and a doctor called removes a bullet. Evans has taken the family members to his heart and would like to stay what the daughter Penny, who has had a very sheltered life up to now, likes. Three men appear: Laredo Stevens and two gunslingers. Evans is bluffing her with an unloaded pistol. For $ 20,000 he overwrites the purchased land to Stevens, whereupon he receives $ 5,000 immediately. Stevens, who is responsible for the death of Evan's father, has yet to raise the rest. When the men are gone, Evans gives the family money. Some time later, the resident marshal arrives at the property. He's investigating a stagecoach robbery. The Marshal, McClintock, knows Evan's résumé. He warns him not to kill Stevens and threatens him with the gallows.
Evans, who meanwhile has settled an argument between the Quaker family and their neighbors, sets out with his friend Randy and another man to steal cattle from Stevens. Since he doesn't like farming life, he goes into town with Randy. But the company of two bar girls shakes his decision to leave the family. Evans returns to the farm and confesses his love to Penny.
When Evans and Penny are picking blackberries, Stevens and his men lie in wait for them, who knows that Evans is behind the cattle theft. The two escape by falling in a carriage from a cliff into a river, where Penny injures himself. Stevens is convinced that Evans didn't survive the jump. But Evans is alive and brings Penny back to the farm. The doctor called announces that Penny is critically injured and may not survive. Evans takes his gun and rides into town, where Stevens and his men celebrate his supposed victory. Evans challenges Stevens to a duel, but he doesn't dare to fight. A car arrives in town with the wonderfully recovered Penny on board. Evans decides to return to the farm with Penny and gives her his gun. Stevens and one of his men emerge from the saloon ready to fight. The unarmed Evans turns to them and witnesses the marshal shooting the two men. Evans leaves his gun behind when he drives Penny to the farm to marry her and become a farmer.
Reviews
"Well-made western that is convincing as a successful entertainment, but does not go into its deeper topic more seriously."
background
- Yakima Canutt, famous as a stunt coordinator, acted as assistant director .
- In his first film as a producer, Wayne was able to win Harry Carey in one of his last appearances as well as the Oscar winners Hageman and Ernst Fegté (set design, production design).
- Wayne's leading actress was Gail Russell. He was very helpful to her as an older and experienced fellow actor. Russell rotated stripe worked alongside Wayne in 1948 In the Wake of the Red Witch with (Wake of the red witch). Neither of them has ever confirmed rumors that an intimate relationship developed between the two. Nevertheless, his wife arranged for Russell to testify in the course of the divorce negotiations. His secretary Mary St. John and his children Michael ( Michael Wayne ) - he was there when the western was shot - and Gretchen never believed in an affair. Wayne later gave his colleague a lead role in his movie The Seventh It's Your Turn .
Web links
- The Black Rider in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Criticism from Variety (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The black rider. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Scott Eyman : John Wayne: The Life and Legend. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2014, ISBN 9781439199589 .