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Originally Posted by R-T-C Tim
So what is 'Garden of Evil' like, it sounds very interesting.
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It is very good. Susan Hayward hires Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell to go save her husband who is trapped in a Mexican goldmine. After trekking for days from a small town to get there, they find him in a very sick state, then have to try to carry him on horses to the town, all the time they are being pursued by Indians. There is of course tension within the group between those that think he should be saved and others who think his sickness is risking the lives of the entire group.
It's a great Western from an underrated director. It features some brilliant CinemaScope compositions, like this one of Hayward walking towards an old Church.
It also has an excellent score by Bernard Herrmann. I'm sure Fox will produce a better transfer than the Optimum UK DVD that the frame capture was taken from. Hopefully it will have 4.0 audio. You can't go wrong with that set, 3 films for $20 is a bargain, let alone the fact two of them Garden of Evil, and The Gunfighter are classic Westerns.