A film of wonderful mood: endless deserted streets, sun going down over baked roads, gangsters walking around killing people at random (ice cream truck guy, little girl), isolated phone booths, cut off precincts. It's horror as much as action.
This version has mystery missing in the remake: the gang kill people at random, we don't know what the death row prisoner is in for or what happened to him. It's a super Hawksian take with these professionals banding together - the gal, the cop, the prisoners - to defeat the enemy. The death row prisoner channels Gary Cooper the cop John Wayne.
Very enjoyable. The low budget causes some dramas but it's compelling.
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