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Garden of Evil (1954)

★ 6.6Approved100 minDirector: Henry Hathaway

1954 film by Henry Hathaway

Garden of Evil is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Henry Hathaway about three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper as an ex-lawman, Richard Widmark as a gambler, and Cameron Mitchell as a bounty hunter, who, along with Vicente, played by Víctor Manuel Mendoza, are hired by a woman (Susan Hayward) to rescue her husband (Hugh Marlowe), who is trapped in a collapsed mine. Rita Moreno appears at the beginning of the film as a Mexican cantina singer/dancer. Director Hathaway took special pains to use the stunning vistas of the Mexican locations to show off the CinemaScope screen dimensions to best effect.

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What is Garden of Evil about?
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 th
Is Garden of Evil based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Garden of Evil scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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