Great performance by Ritter and Murphy. These were done live on air mistakes and all. Different role for Audie and done well. Against his usual type. Good play and script. Thanks for posting.
Audie played the psychotic man very convincingly,of course there was a traumatic background to Audie's real life,what with the war and family upheaval etc all these things mold a person ,overall a great live performance.A surprise to see Michael J Pollard,such a talented character actor.I remember him in* Sunday In The Country* with the late great Ernest Borgnine.Thanks Addie for posting,from john in Ireland.
Audie Murphy was quite a talented young man. He could do a lot more than play a cowboy. Murphy suffered from PTSD when he returned home from WW II. This led to insomnia, depression and alcoholism. He slept with a loaded gun under his pillow and would often wake from night terrors. He was one of the first to speak out publicly for the VA to recognize and treat emotional disorders of Veterans returning from war.
Murphy was never an alcoholic, in fact he wasn't even much of a casual drinker. He was for a brief time, due to wounds he incurred during the war, addicted to pain pills, but he locked himself in a hotel room and quit them cold turkey. None of his, few, biographies mention a problem with alcohol. In fact, his close friends are often quoted talking about how he didn't drink. Example: No Name On The Bullet by Don Graham, published in 1989, on page #335, referring to events in 1971, close friend Casey Tibbs is quoted, "It was a good thing he didn't drink. If he'd have drank, as hyper as he'd get sometimes, he'd have been impossible."
I thought that Audie played the psychopath very convincingly...and scary..!! I watched another movie with Audie just the other day where he didn't play the usual Western hero but I cannot remember just what it was at the moment...I claim 'senior moment'..!!
Wow! He really did pull it off. The whole cast did the writer proud. To take on such a story so completely different for those he’s known for was gutsy. Um, think I’ll stick with the “Whispering Smith” episodes though 😉.
I agree. Usually, he played a good guy, He often played a sympathetic heavy though, but yeah, not so dark. This was an interesting role. Robert Ryan also played this character, but seeing him be that bad guy feels more natural. Lol
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Great performance by Ritter and Murphy. These were done live on air mistakes and all. Different role for Audie and done well. Against his usual type. Good play and script. Thanks for posting.
Audie played the psychotic man very convincingly,of course there was a traumatic background to Audie's real life,what with the war and family upheaval etc all these things mold a person ,overall a great live performance.A surprise to see Michael J Pollard,such a talented character actor.I remember him in* Sunday In The Country* with the late great Ernest Borgnine.Thanks Addie for posting,from john in Ireland.
Anything Audie Murphy! Great actor and easy on the eyes!🥰
Audie Murphy was quite a talented young man. He could do a lot more than play
a cowboy. Murphy suffered from PTSD when he returned home from WW II. This led
to insomnia, depression and alcoholism. He slept with a loaded gun under his pillow and would
often wake from night terrors.
He was one of the first to speak out publicly for the VA to recognize and treat emotional
disorders of Veterans returning from war.
Murphy was never an alcoholic, in fact he wasn't even much of a casual drinker.
He was for a brief time, due to wounds he incurred during the war, addicted to pain pills, but he locked himself in a hotel room and quit them cold turkey.
None of his, few, biographies mention a problem with alcohol.
In fact, his close friends are often quoted talking about how he didn't drink.
Example:
No Name On The Bullet by Don Graham, published in 1989, on page #335, referring to events in 1971, close friend Casey Tibbs is quoted, "It was a good thing he didn't drink. If he'd have drank, as hyper as he'd get sometimes, he'd have been impossible."
Excellent work from the one and only Audie Murphy.
“The one and only.” Yes, very special. 🌻
Audie and Thelma are both fantastic in this!
I thought that Audie played the psychopath very convincingly...and scary..!! I watched another movie with Audie just the other day where he didn't play the usual Western hero but I cannot remember just what it was at the moment...I claim 'senior moment'..!!
“No Name on the Bullet?.” Is that the one you are thinking of? It’s one of my favorite of Audie Murphy’s movies.
Wow! He really did pull it off. The whole cast did the writer proud. To take on such a story so completely different for those he’s known for was gutsy. Um, think I’ll stick with the “Whispering Smith” episodes though 😉.
Oh I love Whispering Smith!
Wow! Super dark. So interesting to see Audie be the heavy.
I agree. Usually, he played a good guy, He often played a sympathetic heavy though, but yeah, not so dark. This was an interesting role. Robert Ryan also played this character, but seeing him be that bad guy feels more natural. Lol
Audie started off playing bad guys, or anyway antiheroes, but there was a shift to good-guy roles after a year or two at Universal.
I feel sorry for him because I would think this was how his ptsd episodes were feeling trapped in his own mind
Thx for posting this!
He's Great..!