Duel with the devil

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Movie
German title Duel with the devil
Original title The Man from Bitter Ridge
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1955
length 76 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jack Arnold
script Lawrence novel
production Howard Pine
music Irving Gertz , Wiliam Lava , Henry Mancini
camera Russell Metty
cut Milton Carruth
occupation
synchronization

Duel with the Devil ( English : The Man from Bitter Ridge ) is an American western by Jack Arnold from 1955 , based on the novel Justice Comes to Tomahawk by William MacLeod Raine . The film opened in German cinemas on December 30, 1955.

content

The stagecoach of the R&H line to Tomahawk is raided regularly. This time, too, the carriage is pursued and stopped by an explosion and one of the occupants is shot by the bandits. On the run from the law enforcement officers, one of the bandits remains behind because of his lame horse. He meets a lone rider, Jeff Carr, from whom he takes the revolver and swaps the horse in order to flee further.

Jeff is mistaken for the bandit by the law enforcement officers who arrive shortly afterwards and arrested. In town, Jeff can not only prove his innocence, but also demonstrate that he is the nephew of the owner of the stagecoach line and that he should help solve the robberies. He learns of the quarrel between the townspeople and the sheep farmers who live in a settlement outside the town and the upcoming sheriff election. Here Ranse Jackman, the eldest of three brothers, would like to be elected to the city's vigilante.

On a remote street, Jeff is ambushed by Clem Jackman. Only through the energetic intervention of the sheep farmer Holly Kenton does Carr escape unharmed. When the rest of the sheep farmers ride into town in search of Holly, a heated argument breaks out between Ranse and Alec Black. The leader of the sheep farmers accuses Ranse of blaming them for the raids. Based on Jeff's description, the sheriff can identify the bandit who stole his horse and revolver as Shep Bascom, an employee of Jackman. Jeff also discovers that Tom Roberts, the manager of the stagecoach office, is good friends with the Jackmans. He accuses him of having passed on secret information about the transport of valuables to the brothers and releases Roberts.

Jeff leaves town to work with Alec Black to prove the innocence of the sheep farmers. After initial doubts, Alec rides Jeff to Bascom's hut. There Jeff immediately discovers his stolen horse. When the two men want to convince Bascom to testify against Jackman, they are attacked by Linc Jackman and Wolf Landers. In the course of the shooting, Bascom is shot and Linc is killed by Jeff. Alec and Jeff take the injured Bascom to the sheep farmers' settlement.

When Ranse learns of his younger brother's death from Landers, he rounds up his people and sends them, under the leadership of Clem, to kill Jeff and Bascom. The gang raids the settlement and ravages it with dynamite . The sheep farmers can ultimately fend off the attackers. Jeff takes Bascom out of the settlement in a carriage the next day. An attack by Jackman's men is repulsed by the sheep farmers. Jeff and the sheep farmers show up in town just before the sheriff's election. Before Bascom can testify against Ranse in front of the assembled citizens, he is shot by Clem.

There is a violent exchange of fire between the warring camps. In the course of this, the fleeing Ranse is shot by Alec and Clem by Jeff. Holly, wavering in her affection between Jeff and Alec, chooses Jeff.

criticism

Cinema called the film a "little crime thriller in western gear".

synchronization

The German dubbing was created based on the books and under the direction of Bruno Hartwich in the studios of Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin .

role actor Voice actor
Jeff Carr Lex Barker Gert Günther Hoffmann
Holly Kenton Mara Corday Marion Degler
Alec Black Stephen McNally Curt Ackermann
Ranse Jackman John Dehner Friedrich Joloff
Sheriff Walter Dunham Trevor Bardette Paul Wagner
Clem Jackman Myron Healey Heinz Lausch

Publications

The film has been available on DVD since 2012 and on Blu-ray since 2016 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film review on Cinema.de, accessed August 25, 2019
  2. ↑ Duel with the Devil in the sync file , accessed August 25, 2019
  3. ↑ Film review on The Night of the Living Texts , accessed August 25, 2019 /