Paul Newman stars in this 1964 Western (a remake of the earlier Rashomon) as a Mexican bandit who allegedly rapes an American woman while her husband stands by. Edward G Robinson is superb as the narrator., Director Martin Ritt’s powerful and engrossing Western reworking of Kurosawa’s 1951 classic Rashomon . Juan Carrasco a Mexican bandit kidnaps a husband and wife, subsequently killing the former and raping the later. His story is told by four of the protagonists in four different ways., Derived from Rashomon, the classic 1951 Japanese film, The Outrage attempts to modernize the original story of rape and murder, transporting from medieval Japan to the American Southwest of the 1870’s. The story is told within the framework of three men waiting at a railway station. A con-man (Edward G. Robinson) listens to the account of a trial held recently in the town as told by a prospector (Howard Da Silva) and a preacher (William Shatner) suffering from a crisis of faith in humanity. Three witnesses at the trial of a Mexican outlaw give conflicting testimony. Each version is shown in flashback. The outlaw, Juan Carrasco (Paul Newman), confesses that he bound the husband (Laurence Harvey), raped the wife, and killed the husband in a duel of honor. The wife (Claire Bloom) claims that the outlaw raped her, and then she stabbed her husband when he contemptuously blamed her for inviting the assault. The third witness, an old Indian (Paul Fix), declares that he found the dying husband who stated that he stabbed himself because he couldn’t live with the humiliation. At this point, the narrative is interrupted by an abandoned baby’s cry. The child has gold hidden in his clothing which the con-man attempts to appropriate. Then the discussion of the trial continues, turning brusquely from drama to parody. The prospector admits that he witnessed the rape, but that the wife nagged the two men into fighting over her. The husband tripped and fell on his own knife. The prospector, who stole the jeweled knife from the dead body, chose not to appear in court. Possibly out of some desire for redemption, the prospector decided to care for the abandoned baby, and the preacher regains faith from the supposed altruistic action. The eerily deserted train station and the strong black-and-white cinematography contribute a mild surreal quality to the film, but can do little to save the story from its flaws. The changes in the characters necessary to accommodate the new setting cause them to lose important symbolic significance in the translation. Despite a star cast and strong acting, the new version is mediocre at best. The Outrage falls woefully short of the acclaimed Japanese original., Paul Newman stars in this offbeat frontier tale as a Mexican bandit whose crimes are retold from three different perspectives., Re-imagining Kurosawa’s film Roshamon as a Western, The Outrage follows several characters onto the witness stand to hear differing accounts of a prominent rape and murder, highlighting the subjective nature of truth., Director Martin Ritt’s powerful western reworking of Kurosawa’s 1951 classic Rashomon stars Newman as Juan Carrasco, a Mexican bandit charged with kidnapping a husband and wife, and subsequently killing him and raping her. His story is told by four of the protagonists in four different ways. With Edward G Robinson and William Shatner., Paul Newman stars in this offbeat frontier take as a Mexican bandit whose crimes are retold from three different perspectives. A remake of the classic ‘Rashomon’. At a train depot, the three witness to the crime compare stories after the trial., A re-imagining of Kurosawa’s film “Rashomon” as a Western, follwing several characters onto the witness stand to present differing accounts of a rape and murder., Juan Carrasco (Paul Newman) a Mexican bandit kidnaps a husband and wife (Laurence Harvey and Claire Bloom), subsequently killing the former and raping the latter. His story is told by four of the protagonists in four different ways.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Outrage ” ?
A: The main cast includes Paul Newman,Laurence Harvey,Claire Bloom,William Shatner,Edward G. Robinson,Howard da Silva,Albert Salmi,Thomas Chalmers,Paul Fix,William Tuttle,James Wong Howe,Robert R. Hoag,Don Feld,Alex North,Frank Santillo,Robert R. Benton,Ron Berkeley,J. McMillan Johnson,Michael Kanin,Tambi Larsen,George W. Davis.
Q: When Did the “The Outrage” Released?
A: The Movie “The Outrage” originally aired on 1964-10-08 and released in the year of 1964.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Outrage” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Outrage” ?
A: “The Outrage” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
