Duelo en el Mississippi (1955)
El estado de Lousiana del siglo XIX es el escenario de un duelo entre dos hombres enfrentados. Lili Scarlet es una mujer criolla que organiza constantes razias contra las plantaciones de una familia aristocrática, con la cual mantiene una especial animadversión. Todo cambia cuando se enamora de Andre, el heredero de la familia Tulane, enviado para combatir los ataques. Sin embargo el lugarteniente de Lili, Hugo, no consiente este romance, por lo que se desafía a un duelo a muerte. Uno de los largometrajes del oeste más conocidos de la etapa que dedicó al western William Castle, maestro del cine de serie B, y especialista en películas de terror, director de "House on Haunted Hill" y productor del film de Polansky "La semilla del diablo". En el papel de Andre se encuentra Lex Barker, el Tarzán más conocido de la historia del cine. Completan el reparto Patricia Medina y Warren Stevens, intérpretes asiduos al género del western.
Directora:
William Castle
Escritor:
Gerald Drayson Adams
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Lex Barker as Andre Tulane |
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Patricia Medina as Lili Scarlet |
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Warren Stevens as Hugo Marat |
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Craig Stevens as René LaFarge |
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John Dehner as Jules Tulane |
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Celia Lovsky as Celeste Tulane |
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Ian Keith as Jacques Scarlet |
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Chris Alcaide as Anton |
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Louis Merrill as Georges Gabriel |
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Mel Welles as Sheriff |
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John Mansfield as Louie |
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Morris Ankrum as Magistrate (uncredited) |
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Victor Adamson as Planter (uncredited) |
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Baynes Barron as Gaspard (uncredited) |
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Bill Coontz as Riverboat Patron (uncredited) |
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Jack Tornek as Delta Man (uncredited) |
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Al Haskell as Delta Man (uncredited) |
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Herman Hack as Delta Man (uncredited) |
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Art Felix as Delta Man (uncredited) |
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Sol Murgi as Riverboat Patron (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Ridgway as Riverboat Patron (uncredited) |
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Carl Sklover as Merchant (uncredited) |
| Directing | William Castle | Director |
| Writing | Gerald Drayson Adams | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gerald Drayson Adams | Story |
| Camera | Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Henri Jaffa | Colorist |
| Art | Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| Art | Sidney Clifford | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Irving J. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jack Erickson | Special Effects |
| Sound | J.S. Westmoreland | Sound |
| Sound | Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Conductor |
| Production | Leon Chooluck | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Editing | Edwin H. Bryant | Editor |