Die gnadenlosen Vier (1961)
48KDie gnadenlosen Vier: Directed by Herbert Coleman. With Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert, Vic Morrow. Banner Cole is a tough sheriff’s deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.
“better than average Audie Murphy western with more sharply defined characters than usual – plus a good script that brings freshness – and even fun – to the heavily traveled chase u0026#39;em plotu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe actors help a lot – Robert Keith as the grizzled ex Civil War soldier who keeps trying to take over the posse – Rudolph Acosta as an Indian trying to be accepted – John Saxon as a soft Easterner reluctantly shoved into posse duty – Paul Carr as an eager young man handy with pistols – to name a few – somehow the script makes this diverse group interesting without making them annoying – the one notable exception is the 1-dimensional quality of the kidnapped girl as written – fortunately – the role was given over to the way-too-talented Zohra Lampert – and she brings this small part to lifeu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe represents the type of effort that makes genre enjoyable”
