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DrameAnnée1964Durée1h 32mIMDb6.3

Le mercenaire de minuit

DrameWestern

Au Nouveau-Mexique, un vétéran confédéré rentre chez lui et retrouve sa fiancée mariée à un soldat de l'Union, ses voisins yankees ralliés contre lui et sa propriété vendue par le banquier local qui engage alors un tireur pour le tuer.

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Bande-annonce

Casting

RW

Richard Wilson

Director

Yul Brynner

Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

Janice Rule

Ruth Adams

George Segal

Matt Weaver

Alfred Ryder

Doc Barker

Clifford David

Crane Adams

Mike Kellin

Blind Union Vet

Brad Dexter

Kenarsie

Pat Hingle

Sam Brewster

Bert Freed

Sheriff

John A. Alonzo

Manuel

Curt Conway

McKeever

Clarke Gordon

Hickman

GH

Gerald Hiken

Gully

Strother Martin

Fiddler

Clifton James

Tuttle

William Hickey

Jo-Jo

Gertrude Flynn

Hannah Guthrie

Olive Dunbar

Townswoman

AS

Alvin Sapinsley

Writer

HG

Hal Goodman

Writer

LK

Larry Klein

Writer

EW

Elizabeth Wilson

Writer

RW

Richard Wilson

Writer

Commentaires

7 commentaires

Ninhoette ❤️🦍May 29, 2023

source: Invitation to a Gunfighter

MajoNov 16, 2022

Invitation to a Gunfighter

﮼عبسي،سنانNov 16, 2022

Brynner's trademark feline grace and air of disdainful superiority are used to full advantage in this tale of a small town hiring a gunfighter to deal with a hometown boy gone bad. The performances of the other actors and solid direction provide a sharp portrait of a dusty, narrowminded, small-town society. They've created one monster of their own, and invited another monster in to deal with him--now, how do they deal with the new menace? Particularly memorable is the scene in which D'estaing gives instruction in the proper pronunciation of his name.

Cynthia Soza BandaNov 16, 2022

Found this to be a pleasant surprise. Talky but interesting psychological western, much more intelligent than typical gunfighter fare. Also, I would venture to say that "High Plains Drifter" might have taken a bit of inspiration from this film, which predates it by many years. Light on the action but the characters are more than one dimensional stereotypes and all good performances. Totally misrepresented by the one line summary, "Town hires a gunslinger to kill an outcast then hires the outcast to kill the gunslinger," as 95% of the movie is about the first half of that sentence. Check it out!

Sylvester Tumelo LesNov 16, 2022

This 1964 Western is set in a New Mexican town during 1865, and it's about a Civil War veteran (played by George Segal) that returns home only to find his ranch sold and his girlfriend married to another man. Plus, the town folks decide to hire a gunfighter to kill the Confederate, a creole from Louisiana (played by Yul Brynner). Even if clichèd and talky, this Western is surprisingly good: it was filmed in location, the direction by Richard Wilson is top-notch and the performances are worth-seeing, especially the ones from Segal and Brynner, as they play the ancient game of cat-and-mouse, with (as you can guess) Segal winning. In the cast also Janice Rule and Clifton James. Plus, this Western gives also a moral lesson about racism and judging others on appearence only.

GoodGoodadoNov 16, 2022

A very underrated western! Superb performances from Yul Brynner and Janice Rule. Arguably their best. Director Richard Wilson had worked with Orson Welles on his theater projects and that influence is evident in the adapted screenplay he wrote with his wife. The film questions the moral superiority of the Unionists over the Confederates. It asks, more importantly, if racism in USA is merely related to a white versus black confrontation or to white versus all non-whites (Mexicans, mulattos, cajuns, Native Indians, etc.). More than the action, the film is lifted by the spoken word (e.g., how an average American thinks Jules and Jewel are the same!) and misplaced morality. Needs to be more widely seen and appreciated.

IniedoNov 16, 2022

I have always like westerns and would consider this one a must-see. It's quite dated in places with many of it's attitudes rooted in the 1950s and some really laughable dialog. But it's moral stance and it comments on society's treatment of it's poor, it's minorities, it's women, hits you like a slap to the face. It's always a pleasure to watch Yul Brenner at work and he really carries this movie. George Segal is okay as his presumed antagonist but the real bad guy(s) in this movie are not so easily identified. I was stunned to see how much of the plot of this movie influenced one of my favorite Westerns of all time - High Plains Drifter. The resemblance is uncanny - of course HPD does it better but still I have to recommend this to anyone who likes Westerns.

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