James Cagney plays an ex-convict who survives a lynch mob and becomes the town's sheriff in this beautifully shot western directed by the great Nicholas Ray (Johnny Guitar). After serving a six-year prison term for a crime he didn't commit he's once again wrongly accused of robbing a train with a young man (John Derek) he had befriended during his trail. The two men barely survive the trigger-happy posse who would rather shoot first and ask questions later. When word of Cagney's prowess with a gun reaches the local townsfolk, he is offered the job of sheriff. The great cast includes Viveca Lindfors as Swedish farmer's daughter who falls in love with Cagney and Ernest Borgnine as the leader of a dreaded gang of outlaws.
Floride, début du XXème siècle, des braconniers abattent des milliers d’oiseaux afin d’alimenter le fructueux commerce des plumes, alors fort à la mode auprès des élégantes. Murdock, garde forestier dans les Everglades, décide d’affronter Gueule de Serpent, seigneur des marais, pour mettre fin au massacre…
Pékin, 1900. La révolte des Boxers prend de l’ampleur et les autorités chinoises sont divisées : le général Jung-Lu presse l’impératrice Tzu-Hsi d’arrêter les fanatiques, tandis que le prince Tuan lui conseille de les aider à chasser les étrangers. Face à la menace de conflit, les délégations étrangères organisent leur défense…
En 1867, la bande de Jesse James rate l’attaque de la banque de Northfield. Le shérif et un groupe d’habitants, bien décidés à en finir, les poursuivent. Seuls Jesse et son frère Frank réussissent à s’en sortir…
Actually, this retelling of the life of outlaw Jesse James is only as true as its predecessor, the highly fanciful 1939 Tyrone Power-Henry Fonda starrer Jesse James. Generous chunks of stock footage from the earlier film are reused here, albeit reframed to accommodate the CinemaScope process. Robert Wagner makes an interesting James, though he is upstaged throughout by Jeffrey Hunter as his brother Frank. Adhering to the Canon, the film insists that the James boys were forced into a life of crime by greedy railroad men -- hence, their ongoing vendetta against trains. Director Nicholas Ray adds a few psychological nuances not found in the more prosaic 1939 film. John Carradine, who played "dirty little coward" Bob Ford in the original Jesse James, appears in the remake as Rev. Jethro Bailey.
Ed Avery est conduit à l'hôpital suite à de nombreuses attaques. Après un diagnostic dramatique, les médecins lui proposent un nouveau traitement à la cortisone dont on ignore encore les effets secondaires. Efficace les premiers temps, il offre à Ed un sentiment de bien-être. Mais peu à peu, celui-ci est sujet à des accès de violence...
One major film star referred to director Nicholas Ray as a "loser," because of Ray's alleged willingness to let his more temperamental actors walk all over him. Evidently, Ray had a very compliant and cooperative cast in King of Kings, inasmuch as the film emerged as one of the most disciplined Biblical epics ever made. Jeffrey Hunter is cast as Jesus Christ, delivering a wholly credible performance in this most taxing of roles (never mind the wags who referred to the film as "I Was a Teenage Jesus"). Siobhan McKenna is a radiant if somewhat overaged Mary; Hurd Hatfield offers a properly preening Pontius Pilate; Rip Torn portrays Judas more for the tragedy than the treachery; Robert Ryan (a personal favorite of Ray's) is one of the best John the Baptists you're ever likely to see; and Harry Guardino convincingly interprets Barabbas as a firebrand political extremist. The only false note in the casting is the MGM-dictated selection of teenaged Brigid Bazlen as Salome. The best aspect of the film is its handling of the days after the Resurrection; the "Jesus sightings" are offered as secondhand information, so as to retain some of the mystery inherent in the Scriptures. King of Kings was previously filmed in 1927 by Cecil B. DeMille, with a middle-aged H.B. Warner as Jesus.
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