Garden of Evil (1954)

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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 100 mins.
Release date - 09-07-1954
Release year - 1954
Genres - Western

Overall ratings and scores for Garden of Evil:
Happiness Score - 6.167/10, World Popularity Score - 6.253/100, IMDB Score - 6.6, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 86%, .
Garden of Evil movie has Total Global Votes - 66, Total IMD Votes - 3,644

Garden of Evil Movie Introduction: Movie Garden of Evil, release year 1954 is written by Frank Fenton, Fred Freiberger, William Tunberg and directed by Henry Hathaway. The leading star-cast in this movie are Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie in-short: A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.

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

Movie synopsis: Three Americans are headed by ship around the cape to the California gold fields when they are put ashore for several weeks in a sleepy little Mexican village. While there, they are offered the job of following a lady deep into the Indian-infested mountains of Mexico to rescue the lady's husband trapped by a cave-in at their gold mine. For the job they are promised $2000 each. While each contemplates their own chances for getting the lady and/or the gold mine, if they can survive to enjoy it.

Highlights - Garden of Evil (1954)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - 20th Century Fox
Produced in - United States of America
Available languages - Spanish (Español), English (English),
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Awards won / Nominations - N/A
Certificate(s) - DE : 12 US : NR NL : 12

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Garden of Evil (1954)

Lead Actors - Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
Writer(s) - Frank Fenton, Fred Freiberger, William Tunberg
Director(s) - Henry Hathaway

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What is the release date of Garden of Evil (1954)?
Release date of Garden of Evil (1954) is 09-07-1954.


What is the total runtime of Garden of Evil (1954) in minutes?
Total runtime of Garden of Evil (1954) in minutes is 100 min.


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The budget consumed to produce Garden of Evil (1954) movie is around $0.00.


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Expected revenue from movie movie Garden of Evil (1954) is around $0.00.


What is the pupularity of Garden of Evil (1954)?
Worldwide pupularity of Garden of Evil (1954) movie is 6.253%.


What is the name of the production company of film Garden of Evil (1954)?
Production company of film Garden of Evil (1954) is/are 20th Century Fox, .


Which country the film Garden of Evil (1954) is produced in?
Film production country for the film Garden of Evil (1954) is United States of America, .


Which language the film Garden of Evil (1954) is produced in?
Film Garden of Evil (1954) is produced in Spanish (Español), English (English), language(s).


Which Genre the film Garden of Evil (1954) belongs to?
Movie Garden of Evil (1954) is categorized under Action, Adventure, Drama genre(s).


Who are the lead actors of the film Garden of Evil (1954)?
Lead actors of the film Garden of Evil (1954) are Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark.


Who is the writer of the film Garden of Evil (1954)?
The writer(s) of the film Garden of Evil (1954) is/are Frank Fenton, Fred Freiberger, William Tunberg.


Who is the director of the film Garden of Evil (1954)?
The director(s) of the film Garden of Evil (1954) is/are Henry Hathaway.


Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by Garden of Evil (1954) movie?
Movie Garden of Evil (1954) has N/A awards and nomination in it's profile.


What is the story of Garden of Evil (1954) in-short?
Short plot of movie Garden of Evil (1954): A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory..


What is the full story of Garden of Evil (1954) movie?
Full plot of movie Garden of Evil (1954): Three Americans are headed by ship around the cape to the California gold fields when they are put ashore for several weeks in a sleepy little Mexican village. While there, they are offered the job of following a lady deep into the Indian-infested mountains of Mexico to rescue the lady's husband trapped by a cave-in at their gold mine. For the job they are promised $2000 each. While each contemplates their own chances for getting the lady and/or the gold mine, if they can survive to enjoy it..


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List of full Starcast and crew members of Garden of Evil (1954)

Full Starcast:

profie photo of Gary CooperName: Gary Cooper
Character: Hooker

profie photo of Susan HaywardName: Susan Hayward
Character: Leah Fuller

profie photo of Richard WidmarkName: Richard Widmark
Character: Fiske

profie photo of Hugh MarloweName: Hugh Marlowe
Character: John Fuller

profie photo of Cameron MitchellName: Cameron Mitchell
Character: Luke Daly

profie photo of Rita MorenoName: Rita Moreno
Character: Cantina Singer

profie photo of Víctor Manuel MendozaName: Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Character: Vicente Madariaga

profie photo of Antonio BribiescaName: Antonio Bribiesca
Character: Bartender / Guitar Player at Puerto Miguel (uncredited)

profie photo of Manuel DondéName: Manuel Dondé
Character: Cantina Waiter (uncredited)

profie photo of Arturo Soto RangelName: Arturo Soto Rangel
Character: Priest (uncredited)

profie photo of Salvador TerrobaName: Salvador Terroba
Character: Victim (uncredited)

profie photo of Fernando WagnerName: Fernando Wagner
Character: Steamboat Captain (uncredited)

Crew Members:

profie photo of Bernard HerrmannName: Bernard Herrmann
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer

profie photo of Lyle R. WheelerName: Lyle R. Wheeler
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction

profie photo of Roger Heman Sr.Name: Roger Heman Sr.
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound

profie photo of Charles BrackettName: Charles Brackett
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer

profie photo of Milton KrasnerName: Milton Krasner
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography

profie photo of TravillaName: Travilla
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design

profie photo of Edward FitzgeraldName: Edward Fitzgerald
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction

profie photo of Frank FentonName: Frank Fenton
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay

profie photo of Charles Le MaireName: Charles Le Maire
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Wardrobe Master

profie photo of Ben NyeName: Ben Nye
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Artist

profie photo of Helen TurpinName: Helen Turpin
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Hairstylist

profie photo of Henry HathawayName: Henry Hathaway
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director

profie photo of James B. ClarkName: James B. Clark
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor

profie photo of Fred FreibergerName: Fred Freiberger
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Story

profie photo of Ray KelloggName: Ray Kellogg
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Special Effects

profie photo of Stanley HoughName: Stanley Hough
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director

profie photo of William TunbergName: William Tunberg
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Story

profie photo of Saul WurtzelName: Saul Wurtzel
Department: Production
Job/Role: Associate Producer

profie photo of Jorge Stahl Jr.Name: Jorge Stahl Jr.
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography

profie photo of Lyman HallowellName: Lyman Hallowell
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Assistant Editor

profie photo of Chema HernándezName: Chema Hernández
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Animal Wrangler

profie photo of Pablo GalvánName: Pablo Galván
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration

profie photo of Rose SteinbergName: Rose Steinberg
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Script Supervisor

profie photo of Nicolás de la RosaName: Nicolás de la Rosa
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound

profie photo of Bob WeatherfordName: Bob Weatherford
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Editor

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Reviews Section

rated 2.5 out of 5
June 23, 2021

Big credentials, indifferent result. It's gold rush time and en route to California, Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark) and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) stop over in a small Mexican village. Here the three men hook up with Vicente Madariaga (Victor Manuel Mendoza) and are lured by a desperate Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) to go rescue her husband John (Hugh Marlowe), who is trapped in a gold mine up in the mountains. Mountains where hostile Indians lay in wait, but the Apache are not the only thing to be worried about, the other is themselves. With that cast, Henry Hathaway directing, Bernard Herrmann scoring and CinemaScope inspired location work coming from a volcano region in Mexico, you would think that Garden Of Evil would be far more well known than it actually is. That it isn't comes as no surprise once viewing it myself. Hathaway's film has real good intentions, it wants to be a brooding parable about the effects of greed, a character examination as men are forced to question their motives. Yet the film is muddled and winds up being bogged down by its eagerness to be profound. That it looks fabulous is a bonus of course, yet with this story the locale seems badly at odds in the narrative. This is more Aztec adventure than Western, I kept expecting one of Harryhausen's skeletons or a Valley Of Gwangi dinosaur to home into view, not Apache Indians, who quite frankly are miscast up there in them thar hills. Herrmann's score is terrific, truly, but it's in the wrong movie. It would be more at home in some science fiction blockbuster, or at least in some Jason & The Argonauts type sword and sandal piece. It has its good points, notably the cast who give compelling performances and some shots are to die for - with the final shot in the film one of the finest there is. But this is a wasted opportunity and proof positive that putting fine technical ingredients together can't compensate for an over ambitious and plodding script. 5/10


-- John Chard
rated 3.5 out of 5
June 23, 2021

***Unique 50’s Western takes place in coastal Mexico and the volcanic interior*** A desperate woman (Susan Hayward) hires three gringos and a Mexican to help save her husband (Hugh Marlowe) trapped in a gold mine several days away in the volcanic jungles of Mexico. The men she enlists are played by Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell and Víctor Manuel Mendoza. Rita Moreno has a memorable bit part singing a song at a saloon. "Garden of Evil” (1954) is an unusual 50’s Western in that it takes place completely in former Aztecan areas of Mexico. The sceneries of the coast, jungles, deserts and (authentic) volcanic zones are magnificent and augmented by Bernard Herrmann’s score, which was his only one for a feature-length Western. The movie was remade as “Find a Place to Die” 24 years later, one of the few truly worthwhile Spaghetti Westerns due to its somber tone and quality characters rather than caricatures typical of Italo Westerns. This is basically a trail movie (the Western version of a road movie) in that a lot of the story consists of a small group traveling the imposing wilderness, similar to “The Train Robbers” (1973), but with jungle footage. The film runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot in Mexico as follows: The “colonial town" of Tepatzlan; the jungle areas alongside the Los Concheros River near Acapulco; Parícutin Mountain, which was surrounded by black volcanic sands; and the village of Guanajuato; meanwhile interior scenes were shot at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. GRADE: B


-- Wuchak
rated 3 out of 5
March 28, 2022

Susan Hayward always was a little better at playing the feistier characters, and with her "Leah" role here, she certainly has a good try. She manages to convince three disparate men to travel with her from Mexico to a cave deep inside Apache territory to rescue her gold-mining husband who is trapped there. "Hooker" (Gary Cooper), "Fiske" (Richard Widmark) and "Fuller" (Hugh Marlow) have the uneasiest of truces between them at the best of times, but off they all go on some set-piece escapades to deliver the man. Hayward does plenty of smouldering here, but the rest of the story is pretty devoid of much action. There isn't much chemistry going on as each try to outmanoeuvre the other, stay alive and hopefully reap the $2,000 reward money she has promised them (which she quite possibly hasn't even got!). It does look good, plenty of grand outdoor cinematography, some lovely sunsets etc., but the title of this western is probably the most intriguing thing about it. Pity, had the direction been a bit tighter and more inspired, this could have been much better. Watchable, though, just not memorable.


-- CinemaSerf
rated 3 out of 5
April 04, 2022

Susan Hayward always was a little better at playing the feistier characters, and with her "Leah" role here, she certainly has a good try. She manages to convince three disparate men to travel with her from Mexico to a cave deep inside Apache territory to rescue her gold-mining husband who is trapped there. "Hooker" (Gary Cooper), "Fiske" (Richard Widmark) and "Fuller" (Hugh Marlow) have the uneasiest of truces between them at the best of times, but off they all go on some set-piece escapades to deliver the man. Hayward does plenty of smouldering here, but the rest of the story is pretty devoid of much action. There isn't much chemistry going on as each try to outmanoeuvre the other, stay alive and hopefully reap the $2,000 reward money she has promised them (which she quite possibly hasn't even got!). It does look good, plenty of grand outdoor cinematography, some lovely sunsets etc., but the title of this western is probably the most intriguing thing about it. Pity, had the direction been a bit tighter and more inspired, this could have been much better. Watchable, though, just not memorable.


-- CinemaSerf

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