A killer named Cain is released from prison after 18 years and wants to settle down as a rancher without ever having to touch a gun again. But no one will give him a job and people are after him for his earlier crimes. He finally takes an offer from showman Ruffalo to perform as "Killer Cain" in his traveling shooting show. However, after 18 years without practice, Cain is not as good as he once was with a gun. He tries to find redemption and peace when he falls in love and eventually marries Monica Alton, an artist from the east who came out west to paint. Yet Cain's reputation continues to dog him; Luke Santee tries to settle an old score, while Billy Valence, a young rival sharpshooter (with mental issues) in Ruffalo's show, is looking to build his reputation by killing Cain. Billy snaps and shoots Ruffalo.
Reviewer Howard Thompson of The New York Times in 1969 praised the performances of Clint Walker and Anne Francis, but did not care for the movie, saying "More Dead Than Alive is a dogged but dinky little Western with the perfect title." He described Paul Hampton in the role of Billy as an "incredibly poor young actor" and concluded that "the title still fits: 'Dead' western."[2]
more, dead, than, alive, 1969, american, western, film, directed, robert, sparr, produced, aubrey, schenck, filmed, agua, dulce, california, movie, posterdirected, byrobert, sparrwritten, bygeorge, schenckproduced, byaubrey, schenckhal, kleinstarringclint, wal. More Dead Than Alive is a 1969 American Western film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck It was filmed at Agua Dulce California 1 More Dead Than AliveMovie PosterDirected byRobert SparrWritten byGeorge SchenckProduced byAubrey SchenckHal KleinStarringClint WalkerVincent PriceAnne FrancisMike HenryBeverly PowersPaul HamptonCinematographyJack MarquetteEdited byJohn F SchreyerMusic byPhilip SpringerProductioncompanyAubrey Schenck ProductionsDistributed byUnited ArtistsRelease dateJanuary 15 1969Running time101 min CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Principal cast 3 Critical reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditA killer named Cain is released from prison after 18 years and wants to settle down as a rancher without ever having to touch a gun again But no one will give him a job and people are after him for his earlier crimes He finally takes an offer from showman Ruffalo to perform as Killer Cain in his traveling shooting show However after 18 years without practice Cain is not as good as he once was with a gun He tries to find redemption and peace when he falls in love and eventually marries Monica Alton an artist from the east who came out west to paint Yet Cain s reputation continues to dog him Luke Santee tries to settle an old score while Billy Valence a young rival sharpshooter with mental issues in Ruffalo s show is looking to build his reputation by killing Cain Billy snaps and shoots Ruffalo Principal cast EditActor RoleClint Walker CainVincent Price Dan RuffaloAnne Francis Monica AltonPaul Hampton BillyMike Henry Luke SanteeWilliam Woodson WardenBeverly Powers ShereeCritical reception EditReviewer Howard Thompson of The New York Times in 1969 praised the performances of Clint Walker and Anne Francis but did not care for the movie saying More Dead Than Alive is a dogged but dinky little Western with the perfect title He described Paul Hampton in the role of Billy as an incredibly poor young actor and concluded that the title still fits Dead western 2 See also EditList of American films of 1969References Edit More Dead Than Alive 1969 Filming locations Thompson Howard May 1 1969 Movie Review More Dead Than Alive Dead Western NYTimes com movies nytimes com Retrieved March 27 2011 External links EditMore Dead Than Alive at IMDb More Dead Than Alive at AllMovie This 1960s Western film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title More Dead Than Alive amp oldid 1139516636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
