Written by James M. Tate / 8/21/2016 / No comments / earl holliman , fifties , film noir or melodrama , heist , jack palance , lee marvin , perry lopez , remake , shelley winters
JACK PALANCE IN THE NOIR REMAKE 'I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES'
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Warner Archives DVD Year: 1955 |
Although, just like John Wayne in his career-catapult, STAGECOACH, Bogie takes second-billing to a dame in tough and determined Ida Lupido...
Which doesn't occur in the 1955 remake as Shelley Winters is far more vulnerable and passive, and, while not as pretty, does fit the role – had some knockout bombshell co-starred opposite Jack Palance as Roy Earle, he wouldn't be so initially dead-set on getting rid of her... That is, asking her to split from the woodsy fishing lake locale where four men, including himself, are poised to rob safe-kept jewels in a luxurious hotel not far away...
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I DIED Poster |
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HIGH SIERRA Cover |
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THOUSAND TIMES Score: *** |
And, last but certainly not least, the most important side-character, Pard the Dog, who'd eventually turn the tables, seems more like a trained Hollywood pooch while its original cliche black "owner" is now a cliche Mexican only not as embarrassingly dated (yet pretty damn annoying): And really, while DIED is an inferior sequel to a classic Early-Noir, the Cinemascope-shot exterior region the film's named after, with that impossible snowcapped mountain in the backdrop, provides a doomed oasis to a crook with a heart of gold, played smoothly by Palance, who carries a picture that, from the very foundation, is not his own.
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