Bloody trail
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bloody trail |
| Original title | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Abraham Polonsky |
| script | Abraham Polonsky |
| production |
Jennings Lang , Philip A. Waxman |
| music | Dave Grusin |
| camera | Conrad L. Hall |
| cut | Melvin Shapiro |
| occupation | |
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Bloody Trail (Original title: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here ) is an American drama directed by Abraham Polonsky from 1969 . Abraham Polonsky wrote the screenplay based on Harry Lawton's 1960 book Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt .
action
The action takes place in California in 1909 . The Indian Willie Boy argues with the father of his girlfriend Lola, whom he kills in self-defense. They both set off on foot. Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper leads a group of men who seek to capture or kill Willie Boy. Cooper turns back when the pursuit seems hopeless. The others continue to follow Willie Boy. Because of their clumsiness, they fall into a trap. Willie Boy shoots her horses. He accidentally fatally wounds an old friend of Cooper's father. Cooper resumes the chase for this.
Lola shoots herself with a Colt from her relatives so Willie Boy can move faster. Cooper doubts whether it was suicide or Willie Boy's murder. He eventually surprises Willie Boy in the mountains and only shoots him when Willie Boy aims his rifle at him. He later discovers that the rifle was not loaded.
Reviews
Emanuel Levy quoted the magazine TIME on www.emanuellevy.com , which described the film as a " subtle, intensive documentation of racially motivated persecution ". The film has inspired a number of the films in which white people are the bad guys. Levy described the camera work as " moody ".
Joe Hembus states that the film is considered "one of the best Hollywood films of 1969". He also received a "different dimension of authenticity" through Polonsky, who was on the blacklist and was not allowed to work under his name for 20 years. Polonsky confirmed that the film was not about Indians but about himself.
Phil Hardy calls the film a "misguided 'liberal' film" that only functions as a star vehicle for Redford. Some sequences, such as President Taft's visit , are "accurately depicted" , but others are "too pointed to be convincing."
Awards
Robert Redford and Katharine Ross won the British Film Awards in 1971 . Abraham Polonsky won the Danish Bodil in 1971 for his direction .
synchronization
The German dubbing was based on the dialogue books by Arne Elsholtz and directed by Dietmar Behnke in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Willie boy | Robert Blake | Christian Brückner |
| Dr. Elisabeth Arnold | Susan Clark | Brigitte Grothum |
| Meathead | Lee de Broux | Hans Nitschke |
| Dexter | Lloyd Gough | Dietrich Frauboes |
| Digger | Erik Holland | Klaus Sunshine |
| Charlie Newcombe | Robert Lipton | Thomas Eckelmann |
| Frank Wilson | Charles McGraw | Wolfgang Amerbacher |
| Johnny Finney | Shelly Novack | Manfred Lehmann |
| Christopher Cooper | Robert Redford | Rolf Schult |
| Tom | Ned Romero | Gert Günther Hoffmann |
| Lola | Katharine Ross | Traudel Haas |
| Ray Calvert | Barry Sullivan | Curt Ackermann |
| Harry | Wayne Sutherlin | Arne Elsholtz |
| Chinos | Jerry Velasco | Manfred Meurer |
| George Hacker | John Vernon | Jochen Schröder |
Web links
- Bloody trail in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bloody trail at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Critique by Emanuel Levy
- ↑ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 68
- ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 317
- ↑ Bloody trail. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 14, 2019 .