As versatile actor Ray Milland plays a gunslinger Wes Steele running from his bleak past at desert area he've found a stagecoach brutal massacre of six people and worst a woman and his young daughter, a hard scene to face even for guy inured to the killing, he head to the city with a stagecoach's horse in order to report what he had saw, unfortunately others horses arrive firstly at city, alarmed the citizen already figure out the worst, upon a strong sandstorm Wes reaches in town and was conflated as the stagecoach's murder by the deputy Jim (Alan Hale Jr.) in the crossfire Jim stays injured, Wes looking for a shelter randomly ends up in a local Bank where is ongoing a belligerent discussion on next room, Wes hears all about concerning stagecoach's robbery, when one of them leave the office and was killed by back for his partners of stagecoach's robbery and massacre whereof he doesn't agree whatsoever.
Wes looking around some pace to hide, find out a door into a house's cellar, there he meets the young girl Nadine (Mary Murphy) introducing himself as stranger just passing by, his father actually is local Sheriff Gil Corrigan (Ward Bond) is convalescing in bed suffering a yellow fever, through the Doctor Mason (Arthur Spacey) Nadine hears the latest sad happenings over stagecoach bloody murders and the killer is in town hidden somewhere, thus Nadine faces Wes if he had committed such evilness, whom he replays that had make many things that ashamed him, however it wasn't your style, slowly raises a mutual affection over them.
Wes had many opportunity to running away, but often aid to care the feverish Sheriff, the night of funeral of the victims the real mastermind of those crimes stays at church when Wes arrives stealthily and throw at Stanley's faces (Raymond Burr) what he heard on Bank's office when his partner was killed by back, Stanley afraid be killed offers a laissez-passer to Wes leaves the town as uncharged man, Wes prefers beaten him so hard that almost kills him, Wes had a concussion at head stayed unconscious several days waiting for the gallows over such angry crowd, through the shadowed past of Sheriff Gil sets free Wes at desert nearby Indian territory, the destiny of Wes is running once more?
In a nutshell A Man Alone is largely enjoyable in many aspects, firstly Nadine had a secret trunk fully of their belongs ready to stepping out, likewise Wes Steele running for his bad reputation pastime, in other hand Sheriff Gil has theirs skeletons in his closet, after lost his ranch for strong drought and his wife died by exhaustive work as laundress sold his integrity for make blind eyes for Stanley's robberies, also supported by a solid secondary cast, as Raymond Burr, Ward Bond, Alan Hale Jr., Arthur Spacey and the stereotyped gangster Lee Van Cleef, fine movie indeed!!
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First watch: 1981 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.25.
Wes looking around some pace to hide, find out a door into a house's cellar, there he meets the young girl Nadine (Mary Murphy) introducing himself as stranger just passing by, his father actually is local Sheriff Gil Corrigan (Ward Bond) is convalescing in bed suffering a yellow fever, through the Doctor Mason (Arthur Spacey) Nadine hears the latest sad happenings over stagecoach bloody murders and the killer is in town hidden somewhere, thus Nadine faces Wes if he had committed such evilness, whom he replays that had make many things that ashamed him, however it wasn't your style, slowly raises a mutual affection over them.
Wes had many opportunity to running away, but often aid to care the feverish Sheriff, the night of funeral of the victims the real mastermind of those crimes stays at church when Wes arrives stealthily and throw at Stanley's faces (Raymond Burr) what he heard on Bank's office when his partner was killed by back, Stanley afraid be killed offers a laissez-passer to Wes leaves the town as uncharged man, Wes prefers beaten him so hard that almost kills him, Wes had a concussion at head stayed unconscious several days waiting for the gallows over such angry crowd, through the shadowed past of Sheriff Gil sets free Wes at desert nearby Indian territory, the destiny of Wes is running once more?
In a nutshell A Man Alone is largely enjoyable in many aspects, firstly Nadine had a secret trunk fully of their belongs ready to stepping out, likewise Wes Steele running for his bad reputation pastime, in other hand Sheriff Gil has theirs skeletons in his closet, after lost his ranch for strong drought and his wife died by exhaustive work as laundress sold his integrity for make blind eyes for Stanley's robberies, also supported by a solid secondary cast, as Raymond Burr, Ward Bond, Alan Hale Jr., Arthur Spacey and the stereotyped gangster Lee Van Cleef, fine movie indeed!!
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First watch: 1981 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.25.