“Was It an Act of Violence or an Act of Love?”
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the conflicting testimonies of the parties involved in the crimes. Disconcerting new questions arise with each different version of the event.
Martin Ritt
A. Ronald Lubin
Martin Ritt
Michael Kanin
James Wong Howe
Alex North
Paul Newman
Juan Carrasco
Laurence Harvey
Husband
Claire Bloom
Wife
Edward G. Robinson
Con Man
William Shatner
Preacher
Howard Da Silva
Prospector
Albert Salmi
Sheriff
Thomas Chalmers
Judge
Paul Fix
Indian
Jeffrey Darwin Bowman
Baby
John Chard
Enigmatic remake making waves in some cinephiles quarters. Directed by Martin Ritt, The Outrage is a remake of the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon, that in turn is based on stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, but Ritt has reformulated it in a Western setting. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Paul New...
THE OUTRAGE [1964 TRAILER]
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Martin Ritt Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer