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I Died a Thousand Times
The Story Behind The Terrifying 60-Day Hunt For Desperado 'Mad-Dog' Earle!
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
- Original title
- I Died a Thousand Times
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- EN
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- US
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John Chard
Mar 16, 2019 · via TMDB
Famed Bandit, Former No 1 On FBI List, Pardoned After Eight Years. I Died a Thousand Times is directed by Stuart Heisler and adapted to screenplay by W.R. Burnett from his own novel High Sierrra. It stars Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Lon Chaney Junior and Earl Holliman. A CinemaScope/Warnercolor production, cinematography is by Ted McCord and music by David Buttolph. It will always be debatable if remaking the excellent High Sierra (Raoul Walsh 1941) was needed or wanted by a 1950s audience? Especially since Walsh had himself already remade it as a great Western with 1949 film Colorado Territory, but taken on its own terms, with great production value and Burnett's personal adaptation taken into consideration, it's a very enjoyable film. Set up is simple, it's one last heist for Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Palance) before going straight, but as his attempts to break free from his emotional loner status fall apart, so does the heist and his future is written in blood right up there in the mountains. Heisler and Burnett put Earle up front for character inspection, easing in sympathetic tones whilst ensuring he remains a big physical threat. The air of fatalism is pungent enough and the finale is excitingly staged by Heisler. Cast performances are more than adequate if not comparing to the likes of Bogart and Lupino, while the Warnercolor is gorgeous and the photography around the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine is superb. While not in the same league as High Sierra or Colorado Territory, that doesn't mean this is a wash out, more so if you haven't seen either of the Walsh movies. If you have, like me (High Sierra is one of my favourite Bogart performances), then comparisons and a feeling of deja vu will obviously infiltrate your viewing experience. That said, there is more than enough here to make it worth your time regardless of comparison and familiarities. 7/10
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Jack Palance
Roy Earle / Roy Collins
Shelley Winters
Marie Garson
Lori Nelson
Velma
Lee Marvin
Babe Kossuck
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Chico
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Mac
Earl Holliman
Red
Perry Lopez
Louis Mendoza
Richard Davalos
Lon Preisser
Howard St. John
Doc Banton
Olive Carey
Ma Goodhue
Ralph Moody
Pa Goodhue
James Millican
Jack Kranmer
Bill Kennedy
Sheriff
Nick Adams
Bellboy (uncredited)
Chris Alcaide
Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)
Fay Baker
Woman in Tropico Lobby (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Healy (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Tom (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Mabel Baughman (uncredited)
John Daheim
Holden (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Observer at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Myrna Fahey
Margie (uncredited)
Ed Fury
Man with Tennis Racket at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper
Joe (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Carol Kelly
Girl at Cigar Counter (uncredited)
Peggy Maley
Kranmer's Girl (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Observer at Accident Scene (uncredited)
John McKee
State Trooper (uncredited)
David McMahon
Auto Court Owner (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Officer (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Tropico Watchman (uncredited)
Wendell Niles
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Slim (uncredited)
John Pickard
Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)
Richard Reeves
Deputy (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders
Mr. Baughman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Tropico Guest (uncredited)
James Seay
Man in Tropico Lobby (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Officer (uncredited)
John Stephenson
Pfeiffer (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Ed (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Art (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Deputy Charlie (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Ned (uncredited)
Edwin B. DuPar
Second Unit Director of Photography
Gil Perkins
Stunts
John Daheim
Stunts
Stuart Heisler
Director
Willis Goldbeck
Producer
W.R. Burnett
Novel
W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
Rakkaus kahleissa
One Shoe Makes it Murder
In Time
The Long Memory
They Made Me a Fugitive
Nowhere to Go
Dog Food
Governance
Daybreak
The Crooked Web
The Price of Fear
Murder Without Tears
A Dangerous Profession
I Was a Communist for the FBI
My Gun Is Quick
Undercover Girl
Wrecked
Parole, Inc.
No Escape
Before the Freeze
Heat
The Asphalt Jungle
Pickup on South Street
He Ran All the Way
Criss Cross
The Getaway
High Sierra
Plunder Road
Sexy Beast
Nightfall
They Live by Night
Family Plot
Cry of the City
Across 110th Street
They Made Me a Fugitive
Hollow Triumph
Out of Exile
Panic
5 Against the House
One Night at McCool's
Nov 9, 1955
