Day of the Outlaws

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Movie
German title Day of the Outlaws
Original title Day of the Outlaw
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1959
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director André De Toth
script Philip Yordan
production Sidney Harmon
music Alexander Courage
camera Russell Harlan
cut Robert Lawrence
occupation
synchronization

Day of the Outlaws (Original title: Day of the Outlaw ) is an American western directed by André De Toth from 1959. The screenplay by Philip Yordan was based on the novel by Lee E. Wells . The film premiered on May 15, 1959 in London . It was released in West German cinemas on October 2, 1959

action

The situation is tense in the small settlement of Bitters in wintry Wyoming . Farmer Hal Crane wants to fence in his land to protect it from the herds of cattle owned by rancher Blaise Starlett. The fact that Crane's wife, Helen, used to be with Blaise and still has feelings for him, makes the situation even more explosive. When Crane challenges Blaise to a duel with his men , a group of outlaws around the deserted captain of the Union army Jack Bruhn comes into town. After an attack on an army wage carriage, the criminals are on the run with the captured 40,000 dollars from the cavalry. Since Bruhn was shot and the ongoing snowstorm prevents him from continuing his journey, the local vet is supposed to help the leader. He removes the bullet from Bruhn and relieves the pain by numbing Bruhn with morphine. As a sign of his power, Bruhn has one of the men Cranes shot. He forbids those present to leave the settlement. When the rancher Clagett tries to get to his family anyway, he is shot by the gangsters. The gangsters Tex and Pace try to offend Helen, only the intervention of the captain prevents worse. When Blaise tries to get the four women present out of town to safety, this attempt is discovered and Blaise is beaten up by Bruhn's men.

Bruhn has young Bobby brought hostage to the grocer's shop, which his people use as their headquarters, in order to prevent those present from making another attempt to escape. When Ernine, Bobby's older sister tries to free her brother, Pace confronts her and threatens her. With the intervention of the youngest member of the gang, Gene, Ernine escapes. As the snowstorm continues and prevents the men from leaving, the gangsters spend the evening dancing with the four women in the settlement. With increasing alcohol consumption, the situation becomes more and more tense, only the captain and Gene, who has taken an interest in Ernine, have their feelings under control. Before it comes to a scandal, Blaise interrupts the bizarre event. He claims to know a way out of the city through the mountains. Since the drifting snow only takes place at the level of the settlement, the pursuers would advance faster than the bandits suspected. He offers to accompany the men through the mountains. As the bandits prepare for their departure the next morning, Gene says goodbye to Ernine. She tells him that there would be no way through the mountains. Gene warns Bruhn, who confronts Blaise in private. Blaise points out the severity of his injury to Bruhn, the doctor would not give him a chance of survival once the effects of the morphine wore off. As a dignified departure, the ride through the wintry mountains would be better than being slaughtered by the army and taking the innocent settlers with them to certain death. Bruhn agrees with the rancher and the group begins their arduous ride through the snow-blown mountains.

When Tex's horse collapses from exhaustion, Gene von Bruhn is forced to hand his horse over to Tex and stay behind. Shortly afterwards, Bruhn falls from his horse, weakened by his gunshot wound. When his henchman Shorty tries to help him, Pace shoots him. The four surviving crooks realize that the fewer people involved, the greater their share of the prey. So Tex and Pace kill the other two gang members. When Tex and Pace are busy lighting a fire for the night, Blaise tries to escape. Tex shoots Blaise's horse and prevents her from escaping, but her own horses then flee. The two bandits fail to ignite the fire due to the storm. Pace freezes to death in the icy night. Blaise manages to catch one of the horses that fled in the morning. Tex, weakened by the cold, can't stop Blaise and collapses from exhaustion. Blaise manages to ride home, where he meets Gene, who also made it to the settlement. Gene is employed by Blaise on his ranch.

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino called the film next to corpses paving its way as inspiration for his "snow western" The Hateful Eight .

reception

The film service describes the film as a “straightforward and attractively staged Western”, and the consistent implementation was emphasized.

cinema titled the film as “Andre de Toth's masterpiece” and called the film “one of the most beautiful westerns of the 50s”.

German publication

A German-language DVD has been available since 2011; as part of the re-evaluation, the FSK changed the age rating from the original 16 to 12 years.

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created in 1959 at Deutsche Synchron Film GmbH in Berlin.

actor Voice actor role
Robert Ryan Heinz Engelmann Blaise Starrett
Nehemiah Persoff Alexander Welbat Dan
Frank De Kova Heinz Petruo Denver
Dabbs Greer Walter Bluhm Doc Langer
David Nelson Dietmar Schönherr Genes
Alan Marshal Werner Peters Hal Crane
Burl Ives Klaus W. Krause Jack Bruhn
Lance Fuller Gert Günther Hoffmann Pace
Jack Woody Eduard Wandrey Shorty
Jack Lambert Arnold Marquis Tex

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Outlaw Day . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2011 (PDF; test number: 20 166 V).
  2. ↑ The Movies that Influenced The Hateful Eight , interview on IGN, January 5, 2016
  3. ↑ Day of the Outlaws. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 22, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Editorial review on cinema.de , accessed February 15, 2020
  5. ↑ Day of the Outlaws. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 15, 2020 .