Garden of Evil

1954

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Western

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 3942 3.9K

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Plot summary

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.


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October 04, 2016 at 11:14 PM

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Rita Moreno as Cantina Singer
Gary Cooper as Hooker
Susan Hayward as Leah Fuller
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1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

Make it a 7.5!

... and I always round up when I'm at the halfway mark, just to explain. This is a fine watch in spite of the choppy script.

Cooper and Widmark's characters' boat breaks down on the way to the California gold fields--they have to stop in Mexico. They head to a local cantina. Susan Hayward comes in and says she is offering one thousand dollars in gold to anyone who will help her save her husband, who was trapped in a cave-in. She says the mine is right in the middle of cursed country called "Garden of Evil" - The film proceeds from there.

The uneven screenplay is credited to Frank Fenton. Bernard Herrmann contributed a score that supplies more drama than the screenplay; the handsome cinematography is credited to Milton Krasner and Jorge Stahl. Jr.

Widmark is especially good as the man who's not used to being a good guy. Cooper and Hayward are as effective as the script allows. The rest of the cast is adequate. Look for a young Rita Moreno in the cantina.

Critics yawned when the film was released, but it made a healthy profit, especially considering it cost around two million dollars to film. This is probably the most beautiful film Cooper made in the 1950's, and the most underrated.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10

A bit familiar but well made and worth a look

Three men are stranded in a tiny Mexican town when the ship they are on that is bound for California (during the Gold Rush) breaks down and they must wait for it to be repaired (which will take weeks). While in a cantina, these men (Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell) are approached by a frantic Susan Hayward who is trying to recruit men to follow her into Apache territory to rescue her husband who is trapped following a mining accident. Only these three men and a rather disreputable Mexican agree to go with her after promises of $2000 each for their services.

Along the way, it is slowly (and not unexpectedly) revealed that several of these men have larcenous intent and may be untrustworthy. This entire portion of the film seemed very ordinary and took very few risks--making it seem a lot like many other films of the genre (such as Cooper's THEY CAME TO CORDURA). Additionally, it unfolded rather slowly--so slowly that some may decide to just stop watching. This is sad because the last portion of the film works very well. Here, Gary Cooper and Richard Widmark are given good opportunity to finally flesh out their characters.

Overall, this is a slightly better than average Western. A good film for lovers of the genre, but rather skip-able to anyone else. However, the acting is good all around and the film ended well, so it's well worth a look.

By the way, one review says "where's the DVD?"--It was released some time back. Currently, it's bundled with two other Westerns (one, THE GUNFIGHTER, is amazing and worth the cost alone). Additionally, when I bought it, it came with these two other films AND several Mike Shayne detective films--all for about $12!! It's an amazing offer.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 4 / 10

Gold Lust and Regular Lust Working Overtime

Lovely Susan Hayward comes to town looking for a few good men. They're in short supply in that Mexican town so she takes what she can get. Her husband, Hugh Marlowe is trapped in their mine with a broken leg and surrounded by Apaches. She hires Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell, and Victor Manuel Mendoza to rescue him.

Of course it's the gold that's attracting these guys, but having Hayward along on the trail is certainly diverting enough. They arrive at the mine with husband and Apaches still there.

There's little suspense here, mainly because the men fill out the casting stereotypes we've come to expect from them. I can't say any more on that subject lest I spoil the viewing if you're at all interested.

I can't wrap myself around the concept that Marlowe was even alive after a few days journey to town and back. It's what makes the rest of the film somewhat ridiculous in my eyes.

Still the stars perform admirably and they are the reason for watching Garden of Evil.

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