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One Foot in Hell

"The story of the day hell came to town wearing a badge!"

1960-09-11 Western 1hr 30m

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.

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Storyline

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.

  • Released
    1960-09-11
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 30m
  • Genre
    Western
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Deutsch, English
  • imdb-logo
    6.2
  • Production
    20th Century Fox

Crew

James B. Clark
Director
Aaron Spelling
Screenplay
Sydney Boehm
Producer
Keywords:
shootout bank robbery vendetta

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Cast

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd
Mitch Barrett
Don Murray

Don Murray
Dan Keats
Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy
Sir Harry Ivers
Dolores Michaels

Dolores Michaels
Julie Reynolds
Barry Coe

Barry Coe
Stu Christian
Larry Gates

Larry Gates
Doc Seltzer
Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson
Sheriff Ole Olson
John Alexander

John Alexander
Sam Giller - Storekeeper
Rachel Stephens

Rachel Stephens
Ellie Barrett
Stanley Adams

Stanley Adams
Pete (uncredited)
Robert Adler

Robert Adler
Sim (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich
Barfly (uncredited)

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Reviews for One Foot in Hell
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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2017-06-10

The last man and one dollar and eighty seven cents. One Foot in Hell is directed by James B. Clark and written by Aaron Spelling and Sydn... read more

The last man and one dollar and eighty seven cents. One Foot in Hell is directed by James B. Clark and written by Aaron Spelling and Sydney Boehm. It stars Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy, Dolores Michaels, Barry Coe and Larry Gates. A CinemaScope/De Luxe Color production with music by Dominic Frontiere and cinematography by William C. Mellor. Incensed by the circumstances which led to the death of his wife and unborn child, Mitch Barrett (Ladd) plots revenge against the whole town of Blue Springs. Alan Ladd's last Western doesn't find him in the best of shape or on the best of form, but it's a most interesting and entertaining picture regardless. In a veer from the norm, Ladd is playing a man gone bad, fuelled by hatred and thirsting for revenge, Mitch Barrett assembles a small group of strays and ruffians and sets his plans in motion. He wins the trust of the town and operates behind the facade of the law. Along the way he is extremely callous, the value of life means nothing to him now, while inner fighting and romance destabilises the group until the big denouement arrives. The pace sometimes sags and there's a distinct rushed feel about the final quarter (one main character annoyingly dies off screen?!), yet there's still a lot to like here. The CinemaScope production is nice to look at, there's some very good scenes such as those involving cattle and liquid fire, while the all round nasty edge to the plotting and characterisations (Julie Reynolds' back story is a shocker) keeps it from being run of the mill. It's not the big Western send off that Ladd fans would have wanted, however it's still a recommended Western to like minded genre fans. 7/10

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A Review by John Chard

The last man and one dollar and eighty seven cents. One Foot in Hell is directed by James B. Clark and written by Aaron Spelling and Sydney Boehm. It stars Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy, Dolores Michaels, Barry Coe and Larry Gates...

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2017-06-10

The last man and one dollar and eighty seven cents. One Foot in Hell is directed by James B. Clark and written by Aaron Spelling and Sydney Boehm. It stars Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy, Dol...

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