Day of the Outlaw
1959
Western
1h 32m
Cowboys and ranchers have to put their differences aside when a gang of outlaws, led by army captain Jack Bruhn, decide to spend the night in a little Western town. (imdb)
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Day of the Outlaw
1959
Western
1h 32m
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Rated 30 Mar 2010
86
71st
A nasty little western, oozing with the possibilities of violence from the first appearance of the outlaw band. Burl Ives is fine as the only outlaw with any integrity, the bad man who will save the good people from a worse fate--if he lives.
Rated 30 Mar 2010
Rated 16 Feb 2010
85
96th
This is a helluva Western --why isn't it ever talked about as being among the best of the genre? "Every damn fool has his reasons," makes a good pull-quote, underlining the layered characterizations and the bitter outlook. The desolate location is put to terrific use as well.
Rated 16 Feb 2010
Rated 06 Apr 2013
1
0th
The dance scene is just plain fantastic camerawork. I'm amazed it's not talked about more. Score is not a grade.
Rated 06 Apr 2013
Rated 11 Mar 2020
80
82nd
Forgotten gem of a western. A few minor changes and this would have been considered a top 10 western of all time.
Rated 11 Mar 2020
Rated 01 Jan 2021
95
86th
Smoldering, intense and well made western featuring the highly underrated Robert Ryan.
Rated 01 Jan 2021
Rated 18 May 2021
7
94th
the festering 1st act is THE SEARCHERS if wayne hung around, the funereal 3rd is what happens to him after he leaves. the 2nd may as well play inside blaise's head, the outlaws bursting in (burl mfkin' ives!) as though directly out of his gun, here to hold a warped mirror to his merciless face. the epilogue contains no happy reunions or resolutions and implies merely the next cycle of violence; the omnipresence of figures like blaise is why societies tend to be snakes eating their own tails.
Rated 18 May 2021
Rated 05 Aug 2020
82
77th
I haven't seen Burl Ives in a lot, but I didn't expect this. He was excellent, as was the rest of the cast. Great western.
Rated 05 Aug 2020
Rated 05 Dec 2010
74
75th
Had Kubrick done a Western, it might have looked something like this. Gorgeous. The coda is pretty pointless.
Rated 05 Dec 2010
Rated 05 May 2013
55
43rd
A great looking film. The cinematography is far more expansive than most other Hollywood Westerns and two scenes stick out in particular: the dancing scene with its amazing camera-work and the desperate slog through the snow towards the end. That said, I thought the film as a whole was kind of stodgy. Burl Ives was great, but we were only given glimpses of his character, which is too bad. I can see why this is highly rated, but it didn't do much for me.
Rated 05 May 2013
Rated 23 Aug 2020
60
35th
A fair thriller-Western: the setting helps keep the plot coherent, but the acting felt a little stilted. I'd only known Burl Ives as the holly jolly Christmas guy; here he puts in a good shift as a former army commander gone bad but still trying for some respectability.
Rated 23 Aug 2020
Rated 19 Nov 2016
60
71st
Not sure why this is called Day of the Outlaw. The Hateful Eight would have worked better.
Rated 19 Nov 2016
Rated 14 Jun 2022
75
77th
Memorable turns from Ryan and Ives. The ending doesn't stick the landing but for a while there this simple western soared.
Rated 14 Jun 2022
Rated 18 Aug 2020
90
61st
Pretty good
Rated 18 Aug 2020
Rated 14 Mar 2024
60
54th
While very colorful, I found some of the characters to be incoherent, perhaps especially Bruhn with his perpetual indecision on how he feels about violence. The writers clearly intended to imbue him with a semblance of complexity (see also his poor health), in itself a worthy aspiration for a villain, but he's a little too morally willy-nilly for believability. Otherwise, it's a fairly engaging hostage-themed thriller-western.
Rated 14 Mar 2024
Rated 10 Nov 2010
65
71st
If a typical western has more in common with an action movie, this one is more like a suspense. The setting really contributes to the sustained tension throughout, culminating in the final act. I like the way the central problem is resolved slowly, bit-by-bit, rather than with a climactic gunfight. I don't really have any rational reason my score isn't higher, other than perhaps that Robert Ryan's character is a bit too typical for the genre.I just don't get into westerns the way some people do.
Rated 10 Nov 2010
Rated 22 Mar 2024
79
67th
Stock plot on the surface but very well executed with a strong cast with interesting motivations. While Ryan is the lead, Ives owns this picture with a great performance where he just owns the screen whenever he's on it. I think the ending felt a bit tacked on (the ending they seemed to be leading to probably would have been more powerful), but there's very little to complain about here. It's a very competent, taut western that is entertaining/interesting even if it's not exactly groundbreaking
Rated 22 Mar 2024
Rated 07 Sep 2019
79
88th
There should be a tradition, where every 35 years someone makes a shot for shot remake of this.
Rated 07 Sep 2019
Rated 30 Mar 2022
85
93rd
It oddly felt like a twilight episode set in the old west. Criminally overlooked.
Rated 30 Mar 2022
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