Quantez

1957 "THEY RODE TO QUANTEZ TOWN...half-way to freedom but all the way to Hell!"
6| 1h21m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 06 September 1957 Released
Producted By: Universal International Pictures
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A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.

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Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.
Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
kfo9494 Even though this film had a great set of actors and character development that was quite interesting, the pace of this story was so slow that it took away from the entire project.The movie begins as we see four bank robbers that was attempting to outrun a posse that was following them. Plus you throw-in a sexy looking female that was also along for the ride and you can see that this is a unique set of people. Anyway, they shake the cops and end up in an old abandon town. And now, nearly through the entire picture, the writer starts to show all the distinct personalities of each character. The only bad thing is that the introduction of the characters takes so long that viewers begin to lose interest in the movie.The first forty minutes of the movie is uneventful. You have pleasant conversation, people watering the horses and some wandering where they should go to split-up the money. The only hint of trouble comes when one of the characters stumbles on a Indian war stick that might just lead to some excitement.The last half of the movie was so much better. There were actually action on the screen to break the tedious dialog that viewers were suffering. And if viewers were still watching and not turned off by the dull first half, then you saw a story that was actually interesting. John Larch, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone and Michael Ansara all did an outstanding job with their character. The problem is that it took so long developing the characters that it was easy to get bored and turn to another form of entertainment. This was a hard watch but the ending made the long tiresome viewing a bit more enjoyable.
Marlburian I'm going to go against the positive few reviews so far posted here. I was very disappointed, and found it the poorest of "gang in a ghost town" Westerns that I've seen. Pity, because the cast was reasonably strong. About the only interesting thing in it was what I thought was John Larch's resemblance to Gary Cooper.None of the characters is at all likable and most of the could be a stage play, with so much action confined to one room. These aren't necessarily bad things for a film, but all the talking and no action was tedious, as were the white characters turning on each other and the inevitable interaction between Chaney and each of the four gangsters.I nearly turned off my recording of the film but struggled through to the ending, which was OK.
alexandre michel liberman (tmwest) Not many people heard about Quantez, but for those who enjoy westerns it is worth seeing. It is that type of westerns where all of the men seem bad, they just robbed a bank and one of them brought his girlfriend along(Dorothy Malone). She is by far the most interesting character, she flirts with the whole gang and has a very low self-esteem. Harry Keller, the director, knew his way with westerns He was the editor of one excellent film "The Showdown" and also directed several Audie Murphy and Allan Rocky Lane films. This film brings to mind "Yellow Sky" and "Ambush at Tomahawk Gap". Some of the men will turn up to be not so bad as they seem, like in those films mentioned. Sidney Chaplin is very good as Gato, half Indian, who is not trusted, because they don't know which side he is really on, as they are surrounded by Apaches. John Gavin, more famous for romantic parts, plays very well a tough guy.
GUENOT PHILIPPE It's really a shame and a great pain for me to have this one in my library since so many years, and not be able to see it again and again...Why, you may ask...Well, it's because I have it in f...Pan and Scan. The guy who invented that would deserve to be hanged high. F...bastard.QUANTEZ is a real masterpiece, a great western, a flaming, blazing movie that must be discovered again. No one seems to have seen it. But if it is in f... outrageous Pan and Scan, it's really no worth while. Forget it. I hope that a TV broadcast will air it soon, and in LBX, of course. Or this film released in DVD.I wait for this since so long. There is something of WILD BUNCH in this movie. In its topic. Mac Murray plays here an outstanding character which reminds me the Holden one in Peckinpah's masterpiece. When I'll see it again, it will be the most beautiful day of my life.