A Lust To Kill (1958)
A Lust To Kill (1958)
„A Lust To Kill“ is a 1958 Western film directed by Walter Grauman from a screenplay by Tom Hubbard and Samuel Roeca.
The Movie Opens with a Long Bible Quote and Ends with an Actual Picture of the „Good Book“ as the Opening Quote Concludes.
A gang of bandits have just stolen a shipment of guns and ammo. The posse is close behind. The pursuing lawmen chase the brothers in a classic B-Western horse chase. The posse, including Deputy Kane Guthrie, eventually shoot Luke, the brother of a gunslinger, Cheney Holland.
Instead of running for cover like the rest of the gang, Holland stays behind with his dying brother, and they are abandoned by the rest of their gang. Holland loves his mortally wounded brother and s soon apprehended by former friend, Marshal Matt Gordon, while trying to save his now deceased brother.
Marshall Gordon has some sympathy for Holland. After all, they grew up together and he realizes the man isn’t all bad.
They bury Holland’s kid brother but the townsfolk don’t cotton to it at all. The local parson won’t officiate and the townsmen spit as the hearse passes. At the funeral for his brother, his girlfriend, Sherry slips Holland a .45 , and outlaw Cheney Holland makes his escape, rides off with Sherry, and seeks to avenge his younger brother.
After a few chase sequences and some metaphors involving rattlesnakes Holland tracks down his previous gang of criminals led by burly bad guy Isaac Stancil, who are responsible for murdering Holland’s younger brother.
There’s also a political sub-plot as the mayor, who is now running for governor, the smarmy McKenzie has equally two-faced Deputy Guthrie in his pocket, clearly a future replacement for Jim, and the electioneers arrive in the bawdy house to canvass for votes, as improbable as it is, and are there just in time for the climactic siege.
Although Holland is pursued by the stubborn Marshal Gordon, Holland eventually catches up with Stancil and after a fierce gunfight, kills the gang leader.
Meanwhile, Gordon apprehends Sherry and uses her to lure Holland to him, but the outlaw insists on a showdown. The two meet in a dramatic showdown, and obviously there’s a final showdown between Jim and Don, in which Marshal Gordon drowns Holland by holding his face down in a pool of pig slop.
Cast:
- Jim Davis – Marshal Matt Gordon
- Don Megowan – Cheney Holland
- Allison Hayes – Sherry
- Gerald Milton – Isaac Stancil
- Tom Hubbard – Deputy Kane Guthrie
- Fred Sherman – Baxter
- Sandra Giles – Belle
- Al Terr – Drunk
- Robert B. Williams – Glover
- Rickie Sorensen – Jeff
- Toni Turner – Laurie
- John Holland – Mayor Jonathan W. McKenzie
- Claire Carleton – Minn
- James Maloney – Rev. Stockton
- Don Turner
- Fred Gabourie
- Sandy Sandborn
„Jim, der eiskalte Killer“ (A Lust To Kill) ist ein Western von 1958 unter der Regie von Walter Grauman nach einem Drehbuch von Tom Hubbard und Samuel Roeca.
Der Film beginnt mit einem langen Bibelzitat und endet mit einem tatsächlichen Bild des „Guten Buches“, das das Eröffnungszitat abschließt.
Eine Bande von Banditen hat gerade eine Ladung von Waffen und Munition gestohlen. Der Trupp ist ihnen dicht auf den Fersen. Die verfolgenden Gesetzeshüter jagen die Brüder in einer klassischen B-Western-Verfolgungsjagd zu Pferd. Der Trupp, darunter Deputy Kane Guthrie, erschießt schließlich Luke, den Bruder des Revolverhelden Cheney Holland.