The Fiend Who Walked the West

The Fiend Who Walked the West (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Gordon Douglas

Written By:
Ben Hecht
Charles Lederer

Actors:
Robert Evans ..... Felix Griffin
Hugh O'Brian ..... Daniel Slade Hardy
Linda Cristal ..... Ellen Hardy
Stephen McNally ..... Marshal Frank Emmett
Edward Andrews ..... Judge Parker
Shari Lee Bernath ..... Janie Hardy
Dolores Michaels ..... May Matthewson
Ken Scott ..... Paul Finney (robbery leader)
Ron Ely ..... Deputy Jim Dyer
Emile Meyer ..... Ames, Head Prison Guard
Gregory Morton ..... Gage (defense attorney)
June Blair

Synopsis:

This off-beat western is a freely-adapted remake of the violent film noir Kiss of Death. The story centers on a naive thief, Dan Hardy, who is captured after a bank robbery and placed in a jail cell alongside the maniacal, vicious Felix Griffin. O'Brian gets himself into deep trouble when he tells Griffin where he hid the loot, a location that only O'Brian's partner knows. As soon as Griffin is released, he begins a shocking, and graphically depicted, killing spree as he tries to get to the cache of cash. In desperation, the lawmen arrange to release Hardy so he can find the psychotic O'Brian and stop him.

O'Brian plays a man sharing a jail cell with crazed psychopath Evans after being caught robbing a bank to bail himself out of financial trouble. Stupidly, he tells Evans that he stashed the money and only his partner knows the location. Soon after, Evans is released and goes on a brutal rampage to get the money. Shocking brutality is depicted as Evans does everything from feeding ground glass to an unfortunate victim to forcing the miscarriage of a pregnant woman. The authorities allow O'Brian to escape so that he can track down the savage Evans, which he does. The big showdown ends in a barroom from which Evans does not exit. Loosely based on the Ben Hecht-Charles...

To gain access to the City Bank gold storage vault, bank robber Dan Hardy feigns drunkenness and then offers the teller a swig from his jug. Once the clerk opens the door, Dan knocks him unconscious, and the three other robbers, led by Paul Finney, sneak in the back and open the safe. As Dan enters the vault, the clerk regains consciousness, slams the door shut and then jumps through a window to alert the town. After struggling in vain to open the door, Finney and the rest of the gang flee, leaving Dan behind to be arrested...

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