The one-eyed (film)
Movie | |
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German title | The one-eyed one |
Original title | Black patch |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1957 |
length | 82 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Allen H. Miner |
script | Leo Gordon |
production |
Herbert E. Stewart for Montgomery Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. |
music | Jerry Goldsmith |
camera | Edward Colman |
cut | Jerry Young |
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The one-eyed (Original title: Black Patch ) is an American feature film directed by Allen H. Miner from 1957. The screenplay is by Leo Gordon, who can also be seen in a supporting role. The One-Eyed Man was the first feature film for which Jerry Goldsmith composed a score .
action
In the small town of Santa Rita, New Mexico , the local Marshal Clay Morgan meets his old friend Hank Danner and his wife Helen Danner. It turns out that Danner is a wanted bank robber who wants to offer his wife a good life. The criminal saloon owner Frenchy De Vere sets a trap for Danner in order to get at the looted money. Danner is killed, but Marshal Morgan can hide the money and eventually convict De Vere.
Reviews
“The one-eyed is a dark western that didn't necessarily have to be one, but could also have been shot as a contemporary film noir. Half of the scenes take place at night, cameraman Edward Colman provides high-contrast images from different perspectives for the film noir flair and Marshall Clay Morgan drifts deeper and deeper into a position where he is only left on the side of the citizens and the gangsters of Santa Rita stands."
"Schematic Western."
Web links
- The one-eyed man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The one-eyed man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Jerry Goldsmith Online
- ↑ der-film-noir.de