Killer Cain

Movie
German title	Killer Cain
Original title	More Dead Than Alive
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1969
length	101 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Robert Sparr
script	George Schenck
production	Aubrey Schenck
music	Philip Springer
camera	Jacques R. Marquette
cut	John F. Schreyer
occupation
Clint Walker : Cain Vincent Price : Dan Ruffalo Anne Francis : Monica Alton Paul Hampton : Billy Valence Craig Littler : Karma Mike Henry : Luke Santee Clarke Gordon : Carson Beverly Powers : Sheree William Woodson : Warden Harry Lauter : Doctor Eric Matthews : Wes Santee Robert Foulk : Brill Frank Baxter : Bankers Andy Albin : Fletcher Emile Meyer : Bartender Fred Scheiwiller : Cawley Walt La Rue : Graber Frank Babich : Tandy

Killer Cain (original title: More Dead Than Alive , German: More dead than alive ) is an American western from 1969 by Robert Sparr . George Schenck wrote the script . The leading roles are cast with Clint Walker , Vincent Price and Anne Francis . The film was first released on January 15, 1969 in the United States. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on June 12, 1969.

action

"Killer Cain" from Arizona is released after serving his full sentence of 18 years in an American state prison in 1891. He was one of those legendary gunslingers with a dubious reputation who, in the heyday of the Wild West, forced their victims to duel in exchange for payment, in which the outcome was then clear from the outset. In the meantime, however, Cain has made the firm resolution to leave his past behind him for good, but any attempt to earn a living fails because of this past, which can only be concealed temporarily. After all, he makes necessity a virtue and uses his old revolver with the twelve notches as a train number in the company of the noisy showman Dan Ruffalo. Cain steadfastly faces all temptations and provocations. But when he finally has enough capital, taken over a ranch and married, the son of one of his previous victims finds him and shoots the unarmed man.

Reviews

The Protestant film observer summarizes his criticism as follows: “Idiosyncratic western ballad, designed and performed above average. Worth paying attention to from 16! ”The lexicon of international films judges a little less benevolently :“ Average Western with a carefully guided color camera, but a weak script. ”

Web links

• Killer Cain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Five pictures from the film with a short review on Cinema.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 258/1969, p. 257.
2. ↑ Lexicon of international films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2007