A Bullet Is Waiting

1954

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Talk-Show / Thriller / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 22%
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 662 662

fistfight fugitive airplane crash modern western california beach

Plot summary

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.

Director

John Farrow Photo
John Farrow

Top cast

Rory Calhoun Photo
Rory Calhoun as Ed Stone
Jean Simmons Photo
Jean Simmons as Cally Canham
Stephen McNally Photo
Stephen McNally as Sheriff Munson
Brian Aherne Photo
Brian Aherne as David Canham
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752.76 MB
956*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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1.36 GB
1424*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Homeric 7 / 10

Worth a Look

There is a very good print of this film out on DVD. It is a somewhat odd little film, a modern western, a confined setting, but it does have items of interest. There are only 4 actors in the movie and for most of it, only 3. This creates an interesting dynamic between the players. Then there is the beautiful scenic location, which is not a Hollywood "set", and is excellently photographed. The actors are very watchable, and Simmons and Calhoun make a good couple. This is a passable western, not a great one. The dialogue is okay and did not have many moments to make you wince. The story line is terrific, but there is a lack of real tension that makes the film drag at times. However, the real problem is the ending. It ends a little too pat, a little too safe, a little too Hollywood. Overall it is better than many such B films, and does manage to maintain interest throughout.
Reviewed by xerses13 6 / 10

Watchable Pseudo Western...

A airplane crash leaves Lawman Sheriff Munson (Stephan McNally) and Prisoner Ed Stone (Rory Calhoun) stranded on a Sheep Ranch in the modern (1954) West. Between escape attempts ED makes a play for the beautiful Cally Canham (Jean Simmons) who is holding down the ranch for her Father David (Brian Aherne). MUNSON has a personal grudge against ED, but FATHER David arrives at the close too sort things out and you expect ED and CALLY will eventually get together, nuff said.Good scenery and interesting casting are the most worthwhile features of this film. Calhoun and McNally seem quite at home in the West, but Aherne and Simmons would seem too be by intellect and temperament more suited for a drawing room. Jean does fill out her 'jeans' quite well and is as sexy in those as any more feminine costume. She would exhibit the same assets in THE BIG COUNTRY (1958). The film is worth watching just for her.
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