Monday, January 3, 2022

Ulmer in The West

 



THE NAKED DAWN-1955-A violent, philosophical Mexican bandit Santiago (Arthur Kennedy) corrupts Miguel (Eugene Iglesias), a simple farmer and his unhappy wife (Betta St. John; years later in HORROR HOTEL). This is not your typical south of the border western but it might make you think. A technicolor oddity pretty much overlooked and directed by the great Edgar Ulmer. Kennedy was nominated for an Academy Award the same year for his supporting role in Mark Robson's TRIAL. (He won a Golden Globe). 

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