No Name on the Bullet

He was such a good actor, we enjoy all his movies, especially his westerns. I’m a western buff and if they have comedy and action, good acting and a very likable character, I get them. This is kinda slow, but worth watching.

Ended up the bullet did have a name, but I've already forgotten what it was, and I just saw the movie yesterday. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen. I'll never forget Audie. When I was a teenager back in the 40's and 50's. I had a huge crush on him from seeing To Hell and Back 6 or 8 times. I'm sure I must have seen some others of his movies since my boyfriend at the time, my husband of 52 years now, loved and still loves Westerns, old and new, as we all did in those days seeing as how we had more westerns than any other genre'. We had 5 drive-in theatres in our small town and 4 up-town theatres, and so it could be that I saw lots more of his movies. I'm getting them from Amazon and watching them now with my still "boyfriend". I think, however it could just be my old tired brain that doesn't let me remember. Anyhow, watching To Hell and Back over and over, was enough at the time for me. They don't get any better than Audie playing himself. I believe he mostly always played himself no matter what the movie. Just cool, calm and collected. I'm seeing them now. He is still irresistible to me. I don't think I saw this one. I believe I would have remembered that very clever ending. I thought at one point in the movie, "that's gotta be a clue, but it wasn't the clue that I thought it would be". (I hope I didn't give it away.) I'm glad I never read the book, if there was one It would have spoiled the movie for me. Audie was just awesome in this movie. Just as all you other reviewers said. He was a "cool hand AUDIE". (Remindful slightly of Gary Cooper, Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood, but he WAS AUDIE)I have missed him so much over the years after his unfortunate and untimely death. It's odd how that when you see someone over and over in a movie or on TV or just listening to the same music over and over the way I'm wont to do (Don Gibson) you form a kind of friendship or some kind of weird feeling that you're related. His small stature was outshone by his presence, seemingly nonchalantness, and his fearlessness. I still say there should be an Audie Murphy Day every year on his birthday, or maybe the birthday of the day he climbed up on that burning tank and mowed down probably dozens of the enemy and saved how many of his men, or even on VE Day, since he played a huge part in that, but it's way overdue, and so I guess we'll never see one. Think about it: We don't have any commemorative day for our country's most decorated war hero, but we have days for other peoples who never served our country. As far as I know he never even got a stamp. Elvis did.!! Oh I'm sorry, Elvis did serve. Maybe if he'd given his life "over there"??!!. But it's all the more astounding that he didn't have to give his life. He was "bigger" than all of those Germans put together. And he had a heart evidenced in his To Hell and Back book and movie. He loved his Mama and his siblings very much and took very good care of them. When I met my love of my life, and then met his mama, and observed them together, I was talking about it with my mama one day and she said to me "A man who loves his Mother and is good to her, is a wonderful man and will make a very good husband for some lucky girl." I believe it!!This was an outstanding movie, and Audie made it so for me. If the director could take the credit for Audie's acting in this movie, then he truly deserved the credit. But to me, it was just the way Audie has always been. Even when he was "Over There" killing the bad guys.I wanted to go out to Hollywood and get him and bring him home with me, but my mama wouldn't let me.He was always MISTER COOL.However, in his biography, the author said he had his demons haunting him after his return from the war. Well, that is totally understandable, but he surely didn't wear them on his sleeve. WHAT A BIG MAN!

Everyone always talks about Audie Murphy's baby face and his slight build. But take a close look at his eyes. He was a cold-eyed individual, brought about largely by his 2 years in combat and subsequently suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. If he had been born during the Old West times, he would have been a killer. "No Name on the Bullet" personifies Murphy's personality had he lived during those times.Murphy gives a splendid performance as John Gant, a hired killer whose presence in Lordsburg causes total chaos, even though he does nothing at first - just sitting around drinking coffee and playing chess with the local physician.Murphy's facial expressions were great as he smugly looked around and watched the carnage his name and reputation created. The banker winds up killing himself (even though he wasn't Murphy's target), and another man in town tries to get drunk enough to have the courage to face Gant, who stares him down and sends him fleeing from the bar.This was probably Murphy's finest performance outside of "To Hell and Back," when he was not really acting but working on raw emotion, adrenaline and painful memories of the war.Even when the town bands together and comes to make him leave, Gant remains cold as ice and backs them down. He knew they could kill him, but the question was "How many could Gant kill before they killed him?" None of them were willing to die to get rid of Gant.Charles Drake also delivered a great performance as the physician opposite Murphy's character. While the entire town was in panic and chaos, wondering who Gant had come for, Drake calmly plays a game of chess with the gunman, trying to get inside his head and figure out what "makes him tick."A suspenseful thriller with a minimum amount of violence, "No Name on the Bullet" comes highly recommended.

Little cheesy but but worth a watch

The bad guy is really bad. No turning back.

Als John Gant (Audie Murphy) in Lordsburg ankommt und die Bewohner seinen Namen erfahren,bricht leise Panik und Verfolgungswahn unter einigen Leuten aus.Gant's Ruf ist ihm vorrausgeeilt, denn man weiß, wo Gant auftaucht stirbt ein Mann.Und er bringt seinen Gegner immer dazu, zuerst zu ziehen, so entkommt er immer dem Gesetz.Keiner weiß für wen die Kugel bestimmt ist, jeder beschuldigt jeden Gant angeheuert zu haben.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Audie Murphy, als Auftragskiller mit dem sanften Gesicht, der seinen Auftrag immer zu Ende bringt.Charles Drake, als Luke Canfield, der Doctor der Stadt, der versucht die Bedrohung abzuwenden, da erund Gant sich eigentlich gut verstehn.Aber nichts hält einen Mann auf, der einen Ruf zu verlieren hat, doch wer ist sein Ziel?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Darsteller:Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, Virginia Grey, R.G.Armstrong, Warren Stevens, Karl Swenson,ein Western-Juwel von: Jack Arnold (Tarantula, Der Schrecken vom Amazonas, Gefahr aus dem Weltall)KochMedia hat diesen Western von 1959 neu bearbeitet mit einem ausgezeichneten Ergebnis.Die Bildqualität dieser BluRay ist klar und farbenprächtig 2.35:1 HD 1080pder Ton in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 in deutsch und englisch77min. KurzweilExtras: mit WendecoverBildergalerie und Originaltrailer

ピカイチ、カッコよくて、展開が面白くて最高でした。悪名高い殺し屋ギャント（オーディ・マーフィ）が町にやって来て、町中戦々恐々。人の恨みをかっている奴、後ろめたいことをした奴、みんなギャントが自分を殺しに来たと思って、大騒ぎになるのが面白いし、ギャントがすごくクールで全く動じないのがカッコいい。最後、右手に怪我をしてしまったギャントが、ドクターの助けを断って　「言ったろ、何にでも終わりがあるんだって」と言って馬に乗って去っていくところ、傷を負って獲物を狩ることができなくなった一匹オオカミに生きのこれる道なんかないことを思うと、胸が締めつけられるようなラストシーンでした。

This was a real great actor He passed away a long time ago so I am trying to collect his movies.

Parabelhafter Western, konzentriertes Drehbuch, straffe und nüchterne Regie (also typisch Jack Arnold), intensive Darsteller und mit einem Hauch Übersinnlichem. Definitiv ein unterschätzter Western. Jack Arnold goes Ingmar Bergman! (8/10)Technisch gute blu ray.Fazit: Empfehlenswert!