No Name on the Bullet

Director: Jack Arnold, Vinton Hayworth Jack Arnold

Overview

"The movie that found star Audie Murphy proving that bad guys can be good too, this nerve-racking tale of retribution on the paranoid West arrives on DVD courtesy of Universal Home Video. Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and offering audio rendered in closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, this disc also offers optional Spanish and French subtitles. An original theatrical trailer is also included."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/01/2004
UPC:	0025192492921
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:17:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Audie Murphy	John Gant
Joan Evans	Ann
Karl Swenson	Earl Sticker
Charles Drake	Le docteur Luke Canfield,le docteur Canfield
R.G. Armstrong	Asa Canfield
Virginia Grey	Madame Fraden
Warren Stevens	Lou Fraden
Whit Bissell	Thad Pierce
Willis Bouchey	Sheriff,Buck Hastings
Edgar Stehli	Judge Benson
Jerry Paris	Miller
Charles Watts	Sid
Simon Scott	Henry Reeger
John Alderson	Ben Chaffee
Russ Bender	Storekeeper
Jim Hyland	Hugo Mott,Hugo Mott
Fern Barry	l'épouse du fermier
Edgar Dearing	Charlie
Charles Cane	Eddie
John Barton	Actor
Marjorie Bennett	Actor
Bill Clark	Actor
Hugh Corcoran	Actor
Russell Custer	Actor
James Dime	Actor
Harold Goodwin	Wilson - Bank Clerk
Herman Hack	Townsman
Al Haskell	Townsman
Helen Jay	Mrs. Millie Chaffee
Jess Kirkpatrick	Poker Player
William Mims	Poker Player
Guy Wilkerson	Uncredited farmer in opening scene
Herman Stein	Composer
Irving Gertz	Composer

Technical Credits

Gene L. Coon

Jack Arnold	Director,Producer
Howard Christie	Producer
Vinton Hayworth	Director
Leslie I. Carey	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Frank Wilkinson	Sound Effects
Steve Marshall	Sound Effects
James V. Swartz	Sound Effects
Kenneth Wilson	Sound Effects
Gene L. Coon	Screenwriter
Frank H. Wilkinson	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Jack Arnold didn't make too many movies in Cinemascope, but when he did, he knew how to fill the screen with useful picture information -- just check out High School Confidential, in case No Name on the Bullet isn't proof enough. There isn't a shot or a frame that wastes any of the space accorded him by the widescreen image. All of that, plus the superb pacing (nothing drags in this picture and, if anything, some moments seem slightly too brisk) and the fine acting (led by R.G. Armstrong as the hero's father), make this movie work extremely well. In the process, Arnold manages to cross swords with Fred Zinnemann's High Noon, depicting the fragility of the civil order in the West, even the late, almost modern West of long-settled towns; Lordsburg is depicted as being a lot like Hadleyville in the earlier movie, a town "small enough to be comfortable in, but big enough to have a future." It also benefits from Audie Murphy's understated acting in the film; for this movie, he had unknowingly adopted a style that later served Steve McQueen and Chuck Norris well, letting those around him do most of the acting (and the talking -- he doesn't have 300 words of dialogue in the whole movie) while he remains the center of attention. It's all a pretty compelling 77 minutes of viewing, and a provocative little Western.