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6.7/10 • 55

1951-03-251h 29m

Western

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

Directors
Henry Hathaway
Writters
Dudley Nichols
Editors
Dudley Nichols, Robert L. Simpson

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Tyrone Power

    Tyrone Power

    Tom Owens

  2. Susan Hayward

    Susan Hayward

    Vinnie Holt

  3. Hugh Marlowe

    Hugh Marlowe

    Rafe Zimmerman

  4. Dean Jagger

    Dean Jagger

    Yancy

  5. Edgar Buchanan

    Edgar Buchanan

    Sam Todd

  6. Jack Elam

    Jack Elam

    Tevis

  7. George Tobias

    George Tobias

    Gratz

  8. Jeff Corey

    Jeff Corey

    Luke Davis

  9. James Millican

    James Millican

    Tex Squires

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John Chard

Feb 10, 2014

8/10

Desperate Siege. Rawhide is directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Dudley Nichols. It stars Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Dean Jagger and Edgar Buchanan. Music is by Sol Kaplan and Lionel Newman and cinematography by Milton Krasner. A stagecoach station employee and a stranded woman traveller and her baby niece find themselves held hostage by four escaped convicts intending to rob the next day's gold shipment. A Western remake of 1935 crime film Show Them No Mercy, Rawhide is the embodiment of a solid Western production. Beautifully photographed in black and white by Krasner, smoothly performed by a strong cast of actors and seamlessly directed by the astute Hathaway, it builds the hostage plot slowly, tightening the screws of character development a bit at a time, and it unfolds in a blaze of glory come film's end. Characterisations are always interesting, if a bit conventional to anyone who has watched a lot of Oaters. Power is of course our hero in waiting and Hayward is spunky and feisty, I wonder if they will get together romantically? The four convicts are your typical scuzzy types, with Marlowe dominating the screen as the intelligent leader saddled with cohorts he really doesn't care for, while Elam is wonderfully vile as a lecherous loose cannon. The thematics of greed, sexual hostility and jeopardy for Hayward and child keep the pot boiling nicely, so suspense is a constant, and some thought has gone into the writing as regards the convict group dynamic. Sadly Kaplan's musical score is quite often cheese laden, even ridiculously jolly and not at one with the noirish thriller conventions of the story. But regardless of irritating musical interludes, this is a very good Oater and comfortably recommended to Western fans who want more than your standard shoot em' up B pictures. 7.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
escaped convicthostage situationstagecoachgold shipmentstationwestern noirsuspenseful