I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
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I Died a Thousand Times is a scene-by-scene remake of the 1941 crime-drama classic High Sierra. Jack Palance steps into the old Humphrey Bogart role as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle, the ageing bank robber who intends to pull off one last heist before retiring. Sprung from prison by likeable crime… More I Died a Thousand Times is a scene-by-scene remake of the 1941 crime-drama classic High Sierra. Jack Palance steps into the old Humphrey Bogart role as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle, the ageing bank robber who intends to pull off one last heist before retiring. Sprung from prison by likeable crime boss Big Mac (Lon Chaney Jr.), Earle is commissioned to mastermind the robbery of a resort hotel. His partners in crime include the hotheaded, immature Babe (Lee Marvin) and Red (Earl Holliman), as well as "inside man" Mendoza (Perry Lopez). Also along for the ride is Marie (Shelley Winters), a dance-hall girl whom Babe has picked up. Marie falls in love with Earle, but he has eyes only for Velma (Lori Nelson), the club-footed daughter of a farmer (Ralph Moody) whom Earle had earlier befriended. Intending to use his share of the loot to finance Velma's operation, Earle goes through with the robbery, only to be thwarted by the ineptitude of his partners, the treachery of the late Big Mac's successors, and, finally, the fickle Velma. With the faithful Marie by his side, Earle makes a desperate escape into the High Sierras, but fate is still against him. Essentially an itinerary of what has previously "clicked" in High Sierra, I Died a Thousand Times makes a few concessions to changing tastes and mores; the stereotype comedy-relief character played by black actor Willie Best in the original film, for example, has been replaced by the more "acceptable" (at least by 1950s terms) stereotyped Mexican played by Gonzales-Gonzales. While the 1955 film cannot match the excellence of its 1941 role model, I Died a Thousand Times works pretty well on its own terms. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Heisler
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
Unrated,
- On DVD
- Jun 19, 1991
- Studio
- Warner Bros
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A remake of Raoul Walsh's 1941 High Sierra.
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Cast
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Jack Palance
as Roy Earle
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Shelley Winters
as Marie Gibson
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Lori Nelson
as Velma
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Lee Marvin
as Babe Kossuck
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Lon Chaney Jr
as Big Mack
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Earl Holliman
as Red
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Perry Lopez
as Louis Mendoza
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Dick Davalos
as Lon Preisser
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Olive Carey
as Ma
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Ralph Moody
as Pa
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James Millican
as Jack Kranmer
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Bill Kennedy
as Sheriff
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Dennis Hopper
as Joe
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Mae Clarke
as Mabel Baughman
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Hugh Sanders
as Mr. Baughman
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Dub Taylor
as Ed
- Nick Adams
- Chris Alcaide
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Fay Baker
as People
- Mary Benoit
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Larry J. Blake
as Healy
- Nesdon Booth
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Paul Brinegar
as Bus Driver
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Steven Darrell
as Detective
- John Day
- Donald Dillaway
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Myrna Fahey
as Margie
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Ed Fury
as Tennis Player (Uncredited)
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Chico
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Howard Hoffman
as Fisherman
- Larry Hudson
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Peggy Maley
as Kranmer's Girl
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David McMahon
as Owner of Auto Court
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Joseph Millikin
as Kranmer
- Dennis Moore
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Wendell Niles
as Radio Announcer
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Gil Perkins
as Slim
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John M. Pickard
as Deputy
- Richard Reeves
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James Seay
as Man in Tropico Lobby
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Mickey Simpson
as Officer
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Howard St. John
as Doc Banton
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Herb Vigran
as Art
- Charles Watts
- Hubie Kerns Sr.
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John Stephenson
as Pfeiffer
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Darren Dublin
as Bellboy
- Paul Power
- Charles Anthony Hughes
- LaRue Farlow
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Karolee Kelly
as Cigar Counter Vendor
- Lon Chaney
