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Garden of Evil

1954 · 100 min

A harsh, sunbaked trek through hostile country where greed and loyalty collide, sweeping and grim but tinged with old-fashioned romance.

Tagline
Takes you beyond the land of the Black Sand!
Overview
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
Frank Fenton
Starring
Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Antonio Bribiesca
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Jorge Stahl Jr., Milton Krasner
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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