Ohjaus:
Anthony MannKäsikirjoitus:
Guy TrosperKuvaus:
John AltonSävellys:
Daniele AmfitheatrofNäyttelijät:
Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson, James Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Spring Byington, James Millican (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Shoshone tribesman and Civil War hero Lance Poole (Robert Taylor) returns home with a Congressional Medal of Honor on his chest and a saddlebag full of dreams about prospering as a cattleman on his family's land. But American Indians have no citizenship, no property rights. The courts, despite the efforts of Lance's attorney (Paula Raymond), offer no remedy. Lance and his people must fight to keep their land. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (1)
If you close your eyes to the fact that Robert Taylor (white as snow) portrays an Indian role, and let yourself be captivated by the amazing camera work of John Alton, this western should enchant you. It's not just about the beautiful visual side and the film noir atmosphere - Devil's Doorway also has power in its storytelling value. The film addresses urgent social issues such as racism, exploitation, genocide, and women's emancipation, and it is beautifully visible how many of the problems of human generations are still repeated - the essence of the problems does not change, they just come in different packages. This film from 1950, set after the American Civil War, still cuts deep after 70 years. Most of the time, this rather intimate and tense film also offers a few epic war sequences, which are wonderfully crafted in terms of craftsmanship and gradation. It's a shame that this is the last creative collaboration of the authorial duo Mann/Alton - but they certainly ended their partnership with a deep cut on the stocks of their own magnificent careers.
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