One Foot in Hell

Trailer—One Foot in Hell

I love Westerns. But this Alan Ladd, he has such a disgusting face and appearance, that I wonder who put him on the big screen ... I stopped watching after 10 minutes. Disgusting!

The most amazing thing about this movie was Alan Ladd. And not in a good way. Probably because of his alcoholism Ladd was almost unrecognizable. Was this Shane?? Although he was only 47 he looked like a 65 year old out of shape grandpa. His acting seemed to have diminished as much as his looks. This film would have been a lot better with someone like Audie Murphy in the lead role. Sadly as Shane is my all time favorite movie and Ladds character my all time favorite character this movie was very hard for me to watch.

Alan Ladd wasn't much of an actor. If you don't believe me just take a look at his mediocre performance in the very mediocre western "One Foot in Hell" which was directed by the little known James B Clark and also featured Don Murray, (terrible), and Dan O'Herlihy (slightly less terrible), in prominent roles. The only thing it has going for it is a plot that differs somewhat from other run-of-the-mill westerns. (It's more akin to a gangster picture). Ladd is the sheriff who plans to take revenge on the town that let his pregnant wife die, by robbing the bank. Handsomely shot in Cinemascope by William C Mellor it passes a couple of hours painlessly enough but you're not likely to remember it ten minutes after seeing it.

I absolutely loved this movie.I saw it on Encore for the first time a few nights ago.I've never seen Alan Ladd in a sinister type role.This movie reminded me of a more romantic earlier version of High Plains Drifter.Revenge is sweet!Maybe I'm just an Alan Ladd fan at heart but I thought this movie was great and I'm looking for a copy of it.I can't understand why he is referred to as "psychotic".I could almost feel his pain when he finally got to his wife with the medicine 2 minutes too late because of compassion-lacking townspeople.I didn't fall in love with the ending;I thought of his character as the good guy in the entire movie.Wish he had've gotten revenge without killing yet making those responsible pay for what they helped cause.Overall,great "western"!