High Lonesome (1950)

Réalisateur:

Alan Le May

Scénariste:

Alan Le May (written by)

Date de sortie:

1 septembre 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Accroche:

There is a bright new Star in the Barrymore family...(original posters)

Intrigue:

When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Engagement | Fugitive | Rancher | Lynch

Avis des utilisateurs:

Silly acting. Some of it is laughable

Ensemble

John Drew Barrymore	...	Cooncat (as John Barrymore Jr.)
Chill Wills	...	Boatwhistle, Ranch Cook
John Archer	...	Pat Farrell
Lois Butler	...	Meagan Davis
Kristine Miller	...	Abby Davis
Basil Ruysdael	...	'Horse' Davis, Ranch Owner
Jack Elam	...	Smiling Man
Dave Kashner	...	Roper
Frank Cordell	...	Frank
Clem Fuller	...	Dixie
Hugh Aiken	...	Art Simms
Howard Joslin	...	Jim Shell

Durée:

81 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #14440) | Sweden:15

Lieux de tournage:

Antelope Springs, Presidio County, Texas, USA

Société:

Le May-Templeton Pictures

Bande son:

20 Miles West of Carson

Silly acting. Some of it is laughable

Filmed by Eagle-Lion right after THE SUNDOWNERS (1950) near some of the same Amarillo locations and with returning cast members Chill Wills, Jack Elam and the 'star', gawky teenager John Drew Barrymore. No Robert Preston to give some weight to the film, this time.

Story boils down to a boy, "Cooncat" (Barrymore) running away from an abusive home and witnessing a murder committed by Elam and Dave Kashner. Only the local ranch owner Horse Davis (Basil Ruysdael) and his family don't believe him. They think Cooncat's seeing ghosts because Cooncat's describing some men that were killed during a range war 15 years previously. Of course there are no ghosts. Cooncat actually did see the murder. I won't give away the ending but lets just say it too is as anti-climatic as the THE SUNDOWNERS was.

This also suffers from some of the same disjointed editing that that earlier film had suffered from, as well as Barrymore doing his silly facial grimaces while he overacts his part. And the way John Archer treats his bride-to-be Kristine Miller, needs to be seen to be believed. He spanks her on the bottom for shooting down a pan off the wall in order to prove a point. Then they kiss and make up like nothing happened. UN-REAL. Obviously some of the details in the script weren't worked out for the audience ahead of time.

Also filmed in Technicolor with nice scenic West Texas locations, it's worth a look but it's not a keeper, in my opinion.

4 out of 10