Two filthy scoundrels
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two filthy scoundrels |
| Original title | There Was a Crooked Man ... |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| script |
David Newman Robert Benton |
| production | Joseph L. Mankiewicz C.O. Erickson |
| music | Charles Strouse |
| camera | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| cut | Gene Milford |
| occupation | |
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Two dirty scoundrels (original title: There Was a Crooked Man ... ) is an American western by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from 1970 with Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda in the leading roles. The film was directed by the production company Warner Bros. produced.
action
Arizona 1883: During a robbery has Bandit Paris Pitman seized $ 500,000. As a precaution, however, he hides the money in a snake pit . When Sheriff Woodward Lopeman arrests him without having achieved anything in a brothel , he is the only one who knows where the loot is hiding and he does not even think about divulging his knowledge. He is sentenced to 10 years in prison, which he in prison of Arizona in prison is expected to work.
LeGoff, the corrupt prison warden in the prison system, proposes a deal to Pitman to cut a piece of the booty pie himself. He actually plans to let Pitman pile up. Pitman agrees to the proposal, but before it comes to that and Paris can pile up Pitman, LeGoff is murdered by the Chinese convict Ah-Ping.
When the former sheriff Lopeman becomes the new director of the prison, Pitman senses his chance despite the old hostility. He seeks good leadership and continually helps Lopeman improve conditions in the prison. One day the governor himself is paying his respects to the penal system to inquire about the new modern measures on the ground. Pitman sees his chance to escape. In the chaos of a daring escape attempt, in which some fellow inmates are killed, Pitman escapes and goes straight to the money hiding place in the middle of the Arizona desert . Lopeman is however close on the heels of the scoundrel.
When he arrives at the money hiding place, Pitman shoots apparently all the snakes in the pit to get the money safely. As he reaches into his sack for the money in anticipation of certain triumph, he is bitten by the last rattlesnake that has made itself at home there. Pitman knows he won't be spending the money anymore. Lopeman still finds the dead bandit. But the former sheriff keeps the money instead of bringing it back and prefers to ride the loot into the sunset towards Mexico .
Reviews
“A lousy character, but intelligent money robber is looking for a way to escape in prison. After an adventurous escape and numerous arguments with rivals, he actually found the hiding place for his money, but he fails because of an unforeseeable trifle. Star westerns loosened up parodistically, staged with humor but not without length. "
“The film places its two heroes, who embody two sides of the same coin, in a menagerie of incredibly colorful invented and brilliantly played characters and promotes his morale as carefully as the sheriff promotes a parrot cage that was caught in a hail of bullets in a shooting: 'Man - watch out! The parrot is not quite healthy! '"
“Plump half-westerns with a lot of humor and verve, ironic punchlines and surprising ideas, of course with too much blood and a lot of lengths. Nevertheless, overall a lively and mediocre conversation. "
Production notes
The set was created by Edward Carrere . Sonny Burke was the musical director . Sound engineer was Al Overton Jr. The equipment is by F. Keogh Gleason . Perc Westmore and Annabell Levy were responsible for the make-up and hairstyle. Anna Hill Johnstone provided the costumes . Production manager was Peter V. Herald. The film was set in Joshua Tree , California , USA.
literature
- "Two dirty scoundrels". In: Film-Dienst , Volume 59, Catholic Institute for Media Information, Catholic Film Commission for Germany, 2006, p. 716 .
Web links
- Two dirty scoundrels in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "Two dirty scoundrels" , in: Cinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two filthy scoundrels. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Joe Hembus: The Western Lexicon. 1567 films from 1894 to the present day . Third edition, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-453-08121-8 , p. 762.
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 525/1970.