The Naked Dawn
1955 film
- November 2, 1955 (1955-11-02) (Los Angeles)
- December 27, 1955 (1955-12-27) (United States)
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The Naked Dawn is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Arthur Kennedy and Betta St. John.
Plot
The story focuses on a poor but proud farmer named Manuel and his wife Maria. When glib-tongued drifter Santiago tries to get Manuel mixed up in a robbery, the farmer is at first resistant, but is goaded into joining Santiago. Corrupted by the prospect of untold wealth, Manuel begins plotting the murder of Santiago; meanwhile, Maria makes plans to run off with the handsome stranger.
Cast
- Arthur Kennedy as Santiago
- Betta St. John as Maria Lopez
- Eugene Iglesias as Manuel Lopez
- Charlita as Tita
- Roy Engel as Guntz
- Tony Martinez as Vicente
- Francis McDonald as Railroad guard
Additional information
- Shot in ten days.
- François Truffaut cited this film as an inspiration for the characters in Jules and Jim.[1]
See also
References
- ^ De Becque, Antoine; Toubiana, Serge (2000). Truffaut: A Biography. University of California Press. ISBN 0520225244.
External links
- The Naked Dawn at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Naked Dawn at IMDb
- The Naked Dawn at AllMovie
- The Naked Dawn at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
- People on Sunday (1930)
- Damaged Lives (1933)
- The Black Cat (1934)
- Thunder Over Texas (1934)
- Green Fields (1937)
- Moon Over Harlem (1939)
- Tomorrow We Live (1942)
- Girls in Chains (1943)
- Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
- Jive Junction (1943)
- Bluebeard (1944)
- Strange Illusion (1945)
- Detour (1945)
- Club Havana (1945)
- The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
- The Strange Woman (1946)
- Her Sister's Secret (1946)
- Carnegie Hall (1947)
- Ruthless (1948)
- The Pirates of Capri (1949)
- The Man from Planet X (1951)
- St. Benny the Dip (1951)
- Babes in Bagdad (1952)
- Loves of Three Queens (1954)
- Murder Is My Beat (1955)
- The Naked Dawn (1955)
- The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
- Hannibal (1959)
- The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
- Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
- Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)
- The Cavern (1964)
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