The Devil Brigade (1951)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The devil brigade |
| Original title | Distant drums |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Raoul Walsh |
| script |
Niven Busch Martin Rackin |
| production | Milton Sparrow |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Sidney Hickox |
| cut | Folmar Blangsted |
| occupation | |
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The Devil's Brigade is an American western directed by Raoul Walsh from 1951 with Gary Cooper in the lead role.
action
In 1840, Captain Quincy Wyatt lived with his five-year-old son and some Indian servants on an island in a Florida lagoon. In order to put an end to a smuggling gang that supplies rebellious Indians with weapons, a special detachment is formed by the American army.
Wyatt, who knows the area well, will be in charge of the force. They succeed in locating the smugglers 'and Indians' loophole and blowing it up. Several prisoners can be released at the same time. Among them is Judy Beckett.
The group tries to return immediately, but is soon followed by the Indians and has to evade into the swamps. Despite the dangerous circumstances, Judy falls in love with Wyatt. The Indians can kill a large part of the crew. With great effort, a small group of survivors manage to return to Wyatt Island.
However, his son and Indian servants disappeared and his house burned down. You are trapped by the Indians. Wyatt challenges the chief to a duel and defeats him. The rest of the Indians are put to flight by the timely arrival of a brigade of General Zachary Taylor. His son is well protected with the general. Judy stays with Wyatt and his son.
Reviews
"Dissolute, naive Wild West saga with many inconsistencies, staged in extremely bright colors."
background
The script is based on a story by Niven Busch.
For lead actor Gary Cooper , after On Secret Service, it was his second collaboration with producer Milton Sperling and his only film with director Raoul Walsh , which relocated the events in The Hero of Burma to the Florida swamp, the Everglades, which is rather unusual in western films. The so-called Wilhelmsschrei was used here for the first time.
The Warner Bros. gave the film in 1952 in the West German cinemas. In this dubbed version, which is still in use today, Gary Cooper got the voice of Wolf Martini .
literature
- Jean-Marc Bouineau, Alain Charlot and Jean-Pierre Frimbois: The 100 Best Western Movies . Heyne Film and Television Library No. 32/159, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, German first edition 1991, ISBN 3-453-04935-7 .
- Joe Hembus : The Western Lexicon - Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus - 1567 films from 1894 to today . Heyne Film Library No. 32/207, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, original edition 1995, ISBN 3-453-08121-8 .
Web links
- The Devil's Brigade in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Devil Brigade. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .