One shot and 50 dead
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | One shot and 50 dead |
| Original title | Aka Jesse James |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Norman Z. McLeod |
| script |
Daniel B. Beauchamps William Bowers |
| production |
Bob Hope Jack Hope Kent McCray |
| music | Joseph J. Lilley |
| camera | Lionel Lindon |
| cut |
Jack Bachom Marvin Coil |
| occupation | |
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One Shot and 50 Dead is a 1959 American western comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming .
action
Milford Farnsworth is a clumsy insurance agent. Unknowingly, he sells life insurance for a hundred thousand dollars to gunslinger Jesse James. When the insurance company hears about this, they send Farnsworth to the West to protect the life of Jesse James and thus save the company from ruin.
After Farnsworth is robbed by Jesse James, he succeeds in joining the gang. However, Jesse already saw through it. He devises a plan to murder him and identify him as himself. He can then have the bonus paid out and go to California with his fiancée Cora Lee Collins.
However, the plan does not work. Farnsworth survives all assassinations with more luck than wits. Jesse James' lover Cora Lee also falls in love with him. After a maneuver of deception, both escape and are stopped by Jesse James and his gang in front of an empty sheriff's office. Farnsworth receives support from other western heroes, invisible to him.
Reviews
"Quite useful as a genre parody."
background
The script was based on a story by Robert St. Aubrey and Bert Lawrence.
Leading actor Bob Hope , who also worked as a producer with his Hope Enterprises, shot his third and final western after Being Angel with the Two Pistols and Pale Face Junior . Hugh O'Brien, Ward Bond , James Arness , Roy Rogers , Fess Parker , Gail Davis, Gary Cooper , Jay Silverheels and Bing Crosby were briefly shown as western heroes .
The United Artists brought the film to the German movie theaters in 1959. In this synchronized version, which is still in use today, Bob Hope got the voice of Erik Ode .
literature
- 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
- Shot and 50 dead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ One shot and 50 dead. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .