The Black Whip (1957)
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Genres - Western |
Release Date - Dec 1, 1956 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
After closing down his film studio, producer Robert L. Lippert took charge of Regal Films, a subsidiary of 20th Century-Fox designed to turn out low-budget, non-CinemaScope productions. One of the first of these films was the modest western The Black Whip. Colleen Gray, Angie Dickinson, Adele Mara and Dorothy Schuyler play four women of questionable morals who conspire to help a notorious outlaw escape the law. The ladies are ushered into a stagecoach by the village elders and ordered to get out of town and stay out. En route to their next destination, the ladies' coach breaks down at a way station managed by Hugh Marlowe. As Marlowe repairs the wheels, an outlaw gang rides up, demanding that the girls be handed over to them. By this time, the ladies have no use for the bad guys, but Marlowe is too mild-mannered to intervene. He finally outfoxes the villains by using brains instead of brawn.
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bad-guy, brother, capture, coach, cowboy, damsel-in-distress, dance [art], escape, gangster, girl, good-guy, governor, grief, help, kidnapping, lady, mercy, outlaw [Western], passenger, plans, posse, problems, ransom, rescue, running, sheriff, stagecoach, town, woman
