Was It an Act of Violence or an Act of Love?
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the conflicting testimonies of the parties involved in the crimes. Disconcerting new questions arise with each different version of the event.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jan 20196/10
Enigmatic remake making waves in some cinephiles quarters. Directed by Martin Ritt, The Outrage is a remake of the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon, that in turn is based on stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, but Ritt has reformulated it in a Western setting. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Howard Da Silva & William Shatner. The story remains the same as four people give contradictory accounts of a rape and murder during the trial of Mexican bandit Juan Carrasco (Newman). The story is told within a flashback framework of three men waiting for a train at a rain soaked Southwestern station; a prospector (Da Silva), a con man (Robinson) and a preacher now struggling with his faith in humanity (Shatner). As each story is told the validity of each account comes under scrutiny, could it be there was a gross miscarriage of justice at the trial? Perhaps unsurprisingly, this remake of a well regarded classic was a commercial flop, with many front line critics particularly savage in their reviews. Which while acknowledging it's a long way away from style and tone of Kurosawa's movie, it's hardly the devil's spawn either. Solidly constructed by Ritt and
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Cast
- Paul NewmanJuan Carrasco
- Laurence HarveyHusband
- Claire BloomWife
- Edward G. RobinsonCon Man
- William ShatnerPreacher
- Howard Da SilvaProspector
- Albert SalmiSheriff
- Thomas ChalmersJudge
- Paul FixIndian
- Jeffrey Darwin BowmanBaby
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- Martin RittDirector
- Michael KaninScreenplay
- James Wong HoweDirector of Photography
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- Frank SantilloEditor
- A. Ronald LubinProducer
- Martin RittProducer
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