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A Bullet Is Waiting

1954 · 81 min

A tense, rain-soaked standoff where trust is scarce and motives are murky, unfolding slowly in a remote cabin.

Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Drama, Crime
Tagline
...and after the kiss...
Overview
A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be taken in hand by the female manager of a remote sheep ranch.

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Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 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
  • justice
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
John Farrow
Written by
Casey Robinson, Thames Williamson
Starring
Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons, Stephen McNally, Brian Aherne
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Franz Planer
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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