More Dead Than Alive

More Dead Than Alive
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Directed by	Robert Sparr
Produced by	Aubrey Schenck Hal Klein
Written by	George Schenck
Starring	Clint Walker Vincent Price Anne Francis
Music by	Phillip Springer
Cinematography	Jack Marquette
Editing by	John F. Schreyer
Studio	Aubrey Schenck Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	December, 1968 (USA)
Running time	101 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

More Dead Than Alive is a 1968 film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck. It was filmed at Agua Dulce, California.^[1]

Plot

A murderer named Cain (Clint Walker) is released from prison after 18 years and wants to settle down as a rancher without ever having to touch a gun again. But no one will give him a job and people are after him for his earlier crimes. He finally takes an offer from a showman named Ruffalo (Vincent Price) to perform as "Killer Cain" in his traveling shooting show. However, after 18 years without practice, Cain is not as good as he once was with a gun. Cain tries to find redemption and peace when he falls in love with Monica Alton (Anne Francis), an artist from the east who came out west to paint. Yet Cain's reputation continues to dog him as past enemies (Mike Henry) try to settle old scores and a young gunslinger (Paul Hampton) looking to make his reputation by killing Cain.

Principal cast

Actor	Role
Clint Walker	Cain
Vincent Price	Dan Ruffalo
Anne Francis	Monica Alton
Paul Hampton	Billy
William Woodson	Warden
Mike Henry	Luke Santee

Critical reception

Reviewer Howard Thompson of the New York Times praised Walker's performance in the movie, but did not care for the movie, and called Paul Hampton a "poor young actor."^[2]

References

1. ^ More Dead Than Alive (1969) - Filming locations
2. ^ Thompson, Howard (May 1, 1969). "Movie Review - More Dead Than Alive - 'Dead' Western - NYTimes.com". movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9B0DE1DC1131E034BC4953DFB3668382679EDE. Retrieved March 27, 2011. 

External links

• More Dead Than Alive at the Internet Movie Database
• More Dead Than Alive at AllRovi