Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Scott LeBrun "More Dead Than Alive" is a good, solid Western drama. It doesn't really do anything special, and this viewer wouldn't consider it to be that offbeat, if indeed that's what it was going for. It's actually pretty familiar altogether, utilizing classic themes like the criminal who wants to leave his bloody past behind him, but can't deny who he was, and the changing times for the American West. It's got a little romance, and some potent violence in the "Wild Bunch" tradition. Certainly, it *looks* gorgeous (as does its leading lady, Anne Francis), and it is nicely acted.It's largely a vehicle for jut jawed Clint Walker, as the aforementioned former outlaw who vows to serve out his 18 year sentence. He gets out in the winter of 1891, and really tries to live a normal life. But most people won't give him a break, with the exception of traveling sideshow proprietor Dan Ruffalo (Vincent Price), who's attracted by the fact of "Killer" Cains' notoriety and hires him as a sharpshooter. He ends up raking in the big bucks, to the consternation of whiny "kid" (32 year old Paul Hampton), who doesn't like his star status to be threatened in any way.Walker is an old school tough guy, but also is able to create a reasonably likable character. You do want this guy to catch a break, even though the odds are against him. Hampton is memorable at being annoying and pathetic; now this is a character whom you *don't* like. The beautiful Ms. Francis adds a real human element since she is able to judge Walker as the man he is now, without factoring in his reputation. Familiar faces like Mike Henry, Harry Lauter, and Emile Meyer turn up, but it's Price that provides the film with whatever panache it has. He's clearly enjoying himself, but isn't excessively hammy. It's a treat to see him in this sort of setting.As was said, there's nothing great about this one - although there is one decent action sequence early on - but it remains watchable for 102 minutes. Viewers will be struck by the violent, unexpected ending.Seven out of 10.

brownish33 OK, saw the movie on DVD, it must have just been released on DVD which is good for the other reviewers who were asking for it. anyway, the story revolves around Clint walkers character "killer Cain" who killed 12 men and went to jail for about 20 years. finally gets set free and tries to start a new life, but encounters problems along the way, and cant seem to keep a job until he joins Price's gun-shooting show. this really weird kid called henry (whos supposed to be i guess a kid of 18-19 but looks like late 20's) is with Price and is very good shooter but he is also a bit off his rocker and comes off as almost homicidal at times, constantly wanting Cain to kill people and add notches to his gun, but Cain simply wont have it. he knows the error of his deeds and wants to start a new. its a very good little B-western that i enjoyed, Vincent price is chews up the scenery as always which is a good thing. Clint walker,whom i never saw before this movie, was very good as the big gentle soul who tries to redo his life. my mom grew up watching him in Shiane and she loved him as a kid. so we watched this and it was touching, at times you can tell its very 60's looking. but price was so enjoyable, as always, and it was so sad to see him die. but he got really good screen time so i cant say i feel jipped. however, the REAL shocker, and don't read anymore if you don't want to be *SPOILED!!!!*...................................Cain, who now has a wife and property and looks to finally found his place, gets visited by some guy we keep seeing earlier in the film but isn't revealed who it is, and the guy just shoots him! yeah! the guy just kills him right away, and then tells Cains crying wife that Cain killed his father 20 years ago and deserved what he got...and then simply rides away with a look of pride for avenging his fathers death. movie ends with this and shots of Cains wife crying and Cain lying dead. its very sad and VERY shocking. but this i guess was maybe a popular thing to do at the time. maybe it was to show that "violence begets violence"?perhaps was influenced by those gritty spaghetti Westerns that Eastwood made popular. i don't know, but it was a very weird ending, especially when you think its all over. but don't let that put you off from this, its still very much worth seeing. but seriously, if ANYONE could bother to explain what the hell the ending was about, i'd really appreciate it! also, movie has a WEIRD music score that i compare to the movie "ryans daughter", 2 movies that have a offbeat musical score that doesn't fit. during prices dramatic death, they play weird kinda "circus" type music and its just weird and doesn't quite make sense for such a tense scene. must've been a 60's thing, i don't know. well, enjoy the movie!

Wizard-8 Despite its eccentric cast, MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE seems to be forgotten - for one thing, it's not even listed in the Leonard Maltin movie guide, and has never been released on video or DVD. Forgotten or not, it's one strange western! It starts off with a grisly (and lengthy) action sequence where the blood flies, then becomes sedate until near the end, where it suddenly turns grisly and bloody again! Inbetween it's a somewhat meandering but occasionally interesting western, with some bizarre directorial touches (like how many times a cut to another scene is done by someone or something walking straight up to the camera), but all the same has you wondering how this sympathetic ex-gunfighter will end up. You probably won't guess it, considering how the final scene had my jaw slack right open! Probably still worth seeing just for the chance of viewing Vincent Price in a western.

michaelluvsgina The first few scenes of "More Dead Than Alive" are fairly interesting. But as the movie progreses the title seems to fit the movie in a whole! Clint Walker plays Cain. He is in prison for murder. An escape goes down and he remains...yeah right. He is released and in search of a job in which Vincent Price plays a traveling sideshow owner who takes him on as a fastest gun entry. Blah blah blah blah blah. The only problem with this film is that it goes action packed to boring. It is truly MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE!