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High Sierra

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I Died a Thousand Times

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Colorado Territory

Original title

High Sierra

Year

1941

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

Raoul Walsh

Screenwriter

John Huston, W.R. Burnett. Novel: W.R. Burnett

Cast

Music

Adolph Deutsch

Cinematography

Tony Gaudio (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros.. Producer: Hal B. Wallis, Mark Tellinger

Genre

Film noir. Mystery. Thriller | Crime. Heist Film

Movie Groups

W. R. Burnett Adaptations

Synopsis

Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When the robbery goes wrong and a man is shot and killed Earle is forced to go on the run, and with the police and an angry press hot on his tail he eventually takes refuge among the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas, where a tense siege ensues. But will the Police make him regret the attachments he formed with two women during the brief planning of the robbery.

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Rankings Position

#38 Best Film Noir Movies
#58 Best Thrillers in the history of film
#62 Best Movies of the '40s
#63 Best Mystery Films
#76 Best Crime Movies

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Awards: 1941: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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"Terrific performances, terrific camerawork, terrific dialogue"

Tom Milne: Time Out

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