ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

evening1 Somewhat tacky entry in the genre of films about murderous lovers and their inevitable undoing. Robert Ryan (Carson) is good as a tycoon who shows excellent coping skills after being abandoned in the California desert by his unfaithful wife Geraldine (Rhonda Fleming) and her slimy lover Duncan (William Lundigan). It's a little tiresome overhearing Carson's thought processes, but how else are we going to know what's going on, and he does OK in a physically demanding role. The lovers are much poorly written by comparison, and we never quite believe that they'd kill to be together. Geraldine spends most of her time looking sexy and worried, and Duncan gains entry to the cad's hall of fame with one particularly callous toss of a canteen. Ouch!!The movie ends on a genuinely touching note, with a message about man helping his fellow man. I loved Ryan's final words to his wife. This may not be a film for the ages, but it definitely kept my interest.

Ed-Shullivan Greed, and the want of someone else's wealth at any and all costs, will not make a person(s) happy no matter what the initial premise for proceeding with an attempted murder is. In this film noir there are three key players. The victim is the very rich and bratty Donald Whitley Carson III (played by Robert Ryan who usually plays the bad guy), who is married to a cheating wife named Geraldine Carson (played by the attractive Rhonda Fleming) and Donald's business partner and so-called friend Joseph Duncan, (played by the thin waisted William Lundigan), who has fallen under Geraldine's spell. So Geraldine and Joseph hatch a plan to leave Donald Whitley Carson III out in the desert with a broken leg under the pretense that they will be back to get him once they have brought back medical aid to take care of his broken leg. It doesn't take Donald Whitley Carson III long to figure out that his loving wife and good friend actually perpetrated to break his leg by a so called accident and leave him to bake in the 120 degree hot sun with his water and food supply dangerously low. Geraldine and Donald start to panic when they hear that Donald Whitley Carson III may have survived so they drive back out to the desert to finish him off. But along comes the crudgy old desert fox named Sam Elby with his Beverly Hillbillies like jalopy that is steaming and sputtering but to Donald Whitley Carson III this old vehicle appears out from the blazing red sun as a shining white knight, a God come to save him from what was sure to be an otherwise painful and slow death for the buzzards to pick at his skin and bones. The crudgy Sam Elby is played to perfection by character actor Henry Hull who lives off of the desert land and has little to no need to the wealthy Donald Whitley Carson III's money, and only wants to feed and shelter him.This is a story that you want to see the good guys win and the bad guys get their just rewards. What I learned from this story is "that money is definitely a lousy measure to keep score' of the winners and losers in life...and in death.

MrPie7 Not on anybody's play list but the Westerns Channel should pick up on it. Rhonda Fleming is so hot in this film that I would be tempted into going along with the scheme! Remade in the 70's with Arthur Hill in the Robert Ryan role. One of my all time favorites! This film is almost NEVER shown. I first saw it on T.V. in the mid-sixties. Have been searching for it ever since. Finally saw it for a second time in early 2006. I have never seen a better man vs nature film. The initially unlikeable, cantankerous millionaire, excellently portrayed by Ryan is so transformed by his experience that in the end he even loses most of his rage against his wife and her lover. He just basks in his newly won self respect.

ed-688 My Dad took me to see this when I was 5. I was so engrossed in the perils of Robert Ryan, I had to look away because I was so worried he would kill himself. The movie must have made a big impression on me to have remembered it at such a young age. I saw it on cable many years later and it still was a great movie experience. But I think the 3-D experience made it better. William Lundigan plays a forgettable role here and I remember him only because he was a home-grown talent from Syracuse. Rhonda Fleming plays her usual fiery redhead role here. Robert Ryan was a superb actor and as with all his movies whether the lead or supporting creates a character that fits the role he was chosen for. A good movie for the whole family.