Devil's Doorway (1950)
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68% of users liked it
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Devil's Doorway was the first of many top-rank westerns directed by Anthony Mann. RobertTaylor is cast against type as a Native American named Lance Poole. Returning to his people's land after the Civil War, Poole discovers that the Indians are being victimized and persecuted--and, thanks to… More Devil's Doorway was the first of many top-rank westerns directed by Anthony Mann. RobertTaylor is cast against type as a Native American named Lance Poole. Returning to his people's land after the Civil War, Poole discovers that the Indians are being victimized and persecuted--and, thanks to machinations of crooked lawyer Verne Coolan (Louis Calhern), it's all legal. Unable to turn to the Law to protect his tribesmen, Lance becomes what white men call a "renegade." Devil's Doorway was the vanguard of a new western cycle of the early 1950s, wherein the Indians were the good guys and the whites the villains. Had it been made 30 years later, it is likely that the star would have been a genuine Native American, rather than a white matinee idol in "redface." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony Mann
- Genres
- Western
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2003 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Mann somehow creates a brutal tension simply from this visual presentation of themes, perhaps because the issues at stake here are so emotional.
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Bleak, bitter attack on racial discrimination.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The film marked an important turning point in the growth of the Hollywood Western.
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Cast
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Robert Taylor
as Lance Poole
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Louis Calhern
as Verne Coolan
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Paula Raymond
as Orrie Masters
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Marshall Thompson
as Rod MacDougall
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Edgar Buchanan
as Zake Carmody
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James Mitchell
as Red Rock
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Rhys Williams
as Scottie MacDougall
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Spring Byington
as Mrs. Masters
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James Millican
as Ike Stapleton
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Bruce Cowling
as Lt. Grimes
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Fritz Leiber
as Mr. Poole
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Harry Antrim
as Dr. C.O. MacQuillan
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Chief John Big Tree
as Thundercloud
