Directed by:
Fritz LangScreenplay:
Daniel TaradashCinematography:
Hal MohrCast:
Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry, William Frawley, Jack Elam, George Reeves, Francis McDonald, Dan Seymour, John Kellogg, Tom London (more)Plots(1)
Frontiersman Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) wanders throughout the West in search of the man who robbed and murdered his fiancée. He is told that he'll probably find the culprits at Chuck-a-Luck, a combination horse ranch and criminal hideout overseen by saloon chanteuse Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich). To gain entrance to Chuck-a-Luck, Haskell poses as an escaped prisoner. Keane warns him that the ranch has only one rule: "Don't ask questions." Still, he has ways of finding things out. Haskell is compelled to keep up his charade when the dirty denizens of Chuck-a-Luck plan a big bank holdup, but this has the result of exposing the killer of his girl. (official distributor synopsis)
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A superb collaboration between two Hollywood men from Germany. Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Lang, and a color western? Why not? Marlene had already proved in the late 1930s that she could handle any genre perfectly. And later, she added Wayne to Stewart's ranks. It is unfortunate about the controversy over Altar's styling - Lang wanted Marlene to play the part of an older woman just for him, but he simply wanted her to do it too soon.
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