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Actors: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell, Hugh Marlowe, Rita Moreno
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Garden of Evil |
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Directed by Henry Hathaway in 1954. Hooker, Fiske and Daly disembark in a small Mexican village when their boat has mechanical problems. The same evening, Leah Fuller offers $ 2,000 to each one of them if they accompany her through the territory apache in order to save her husband, blocked by a crumbling in their gold mine. They all start a dangerous journey through mountains and deserts. Daly tries to seduce Leah but he's rejected by the young woman and Hooker teaches him a lesson.
After a few days, they finally arrive at the gold mine and save John Fuller who has nevertheless a broken leg. As the Apaches come nearer, the group decides to leave the area at once. Daly and Fuller are soon killed by the Indians who follow them closely. Fiske proposes to remain alone in ambush to allow Hooker and Leah Fuller to elude an inevitable death.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Garden of Evil |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- Good white men fighting wicked Indians
- rescue
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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