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Great Day in the Morning

Virginia Mayo (Actor), Robert Stack (Actor), Jacques Tourneur (Director) Rated:
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Genre Westerns
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Contributor Robert Stack, Leo Gordon, Ruth Roman, Virginia Mayo, Jacques Tourneur, Regis Toomey, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr See more
Runtime 1 hour and 32 minutes
Studio Warner

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The young town of Denver, CO, right before the outbreak of the Civil War, is the setting for this Western drama from acclaimed director Jacques Tourneur (Out of the Past, Stars in My Crown). Recently rescued from an Indian ambush, laconic Southern loner Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) rides into town and into the hearts of saloon girl Boston (Ruth Roman) and frontier entrepreneur Ann Merry (a pants-wearing and liberated Virginia Mayo). With Boston's aid, Owen wins the deed to the local saloon in a card game against its menacing card-cheat owner, the aptly named Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr). With secession causing tensions to rise between Denver's Northerner majority and Southerner minority, Owen is pressured to support his Confederate brothers, but he remains firmly committed to his one true cause -- gold! And there's two million dollars' worth of it that needs to be smuggled out before the start of the war!

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.38 x 5.35 x 6.75 inches; 0.81 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jacques Tourneur
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 26, 2019
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Archives
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Z74ZYF1
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Beautiful and original Western finally on Blu ray!
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Beautiful and original Western finally on Blu ray!
Movie fans who only know director Jacques Tourneur from his amazing black & white films like "Out of the Past" and "Curse of the Demon" will be pleasantly surprised when they lay their eyes on his color westerns. This blu ray is simply ravishing, the colors (interiors and exteriors) are like candy to the eye. The sound is good and crisp, the acting is solid and the plot really offbeat and entertaining, full of tangy story details. If, like me, you're a Raymond Burr fan he brings his usual hulking menace to this story. Sturdy Robert Stack is given a really complex character and pulls it off nicely. This was money well spent, I could NOT have enjoyed this film more. If you want a visually gorgeous western double feature, you should pair this with Tourneur's "Canyon Passage" which has a rare perfect rating on Amazon and is also on blu ray.
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  • Traveller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and original Western finally on Blu ray!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021
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    Movie fans who only know director Jacques Tourneur from his amazing black & white films like "Out of the Past" and "Curse of the Demon" will be pleasantly surprised when they lay their eyes on his color westerns. This blu ray is simply ravishing, the colors (interiors and exteriors) are like candy to the eye. The sound is good and crisp, the acting is solid and the plot really offbeat and entertaining, full of tangy story details. If, like me, you're a Raymond Burr fan he brings his usual hulking menace to this story. Sturdy Robert Stack is given a really complex character and pulls it off nicely. This was money well spent, I could NOT have enjoyed this film more. If you want a visually gorgeous western double feature, you should pair this with Tourneur's "Canyon Passage" which has a rare perfect rating on Amazon and is also on blu ray.
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    Traveller
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Beautiful and original Western finally on Blu ray!

    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021
    Movie fans who only know director Jacques Tourneur from his amazing black & white films like "Out of the Past" and "Curse of the Demon" will be pleasantly surprised when they lay their eyes on his color westerns. This blu ray is simply ravishing, the colors (interiors and exteriors) are like candy to the eye. The sound is good and crisp, the acting is solid and the plot really offbeat and entertaining, full of tangy story details. If, like me, you're a Raymond Burr fan he brings his usual hulking menace to this story. Sturdy Robert Stack is given a really complex character and pulls it off nicely. This was money well spent, I could NOT have enjoyed this film more. If you want a visually gorgeous western double feature, you should pair this with Tourneur's "Canyon Passage" which has a rare perfect rating on Amazon and is also on blu ray.
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  • David R. Hogan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story that holds your attention!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2022
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    This was an interesting find! Somehow I had never seen this before! I have always liked Robert Stack and this is a unique story that he does some fine acting in! It is a western and civil war drama rolled in together as one! Stack's character is a bit of an enigma and keeps you guessing who he is and where he stands up until almost the end and he isn't the only one! There are some other characters that keep you guessing about their motives too! It will all become crystal clear though if you watch it! Grab this little jewel while it is available!
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  • Daniel R. Sutherland
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Director and the Art Direction and the color timing of the negative are worth the price alone.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2023
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    Raymond Burr bolting about with a bottle of bourbon at the ready, Robert Stack using a deadpan that would stop a clock and oh those lady's undergarments! How close they came to fitting on the bumper of Detroit Chrome Mountains® of the year this film came out. Seriously, if you want to see how far the release stock could go and how intense the color could be, this film brings it out. This film uses studio design and color like Hans Hoffman.
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  • Philip R. Beck
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Offbeat Western
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019
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    More character study than straightforward genre film, Great Day in the Morning boasts really good performances from Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, and Raymond Burr. It's set in Denver just before the Civil War and provides a thoughtful study of divided loyalties and attitudes toward patriotism that is particularly relevant today. Not a great film but an intriguing and underappreciated one from director Jacques Tourneur, who always seems to pick unconventional stories and emphasize details of mood and character psychology over action. The plot even has a slight twist at the end! Highly recommended.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Blu-ray from the amazing Jacques Tourneur
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019
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    Until this wonderful Blu-Ray, I had only seen this film in wretched condition, with bad color. The film is so good that it overcame rotten presentations. Now restored with its Superscope ratio and beautiful colors restored, it is a joy to behold and own. A very provocative film, quite ahead of its time that deserves to be better known. Now that it has been given all this TLC, hopefully more people will discover this classic.
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  • Daci
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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    Must own movie finally in a great br edition.
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  • Joseph Smolka
    5.0 out of 5 stars I like it it’s really good movie for every have to have it
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
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    It’s a DVD movie
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  • Karen P. Rhodes
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Cut Above
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2014
    First, to confess: I am a big Robert Stack fan! You can see that in many of my other reviews. I had not ever seen this movie, and had put it on my wish list. My husband gave it to me for my birthday.

    The story is set on the eve of the Civil War, in Colorado. Tensions are building between the Northern sympathizers in Denver and the smaller population of Southern sympathizers. Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) is on his way to Denver, but has been waylaid by hostile Indians -- a cliche to be expected in a movie made in 1956, I'm afraid. He is rescued by two men and their boss -- a very independent woman, Ann, who is being wooed by one of the men, Kirby -- who is a Union Army captain on special assignment as a spy. Pentecost quickly establishes himself in the town, winning a gambling hall from a local power broker (Raymond Burr). Pentecost also wins the woman Burr considers his property, a brunette named Boston. Later, making the rounds of gold claims he also won from Raymond Burr, he is forced to kill one of the Northern men. He ends up taking the man's orphaned son under his wing.

    To say more would be to expose potential viewers to spoilers. I will say that what I like about the film is that it takes some turns which avoid the usual pattern of these sorts of movies. While it doesn't get terribly deeply into characters other than Owen Pentecost -- and he is not always a likeable fellow -- it does avoid the more maudlin plot devices we find in movies of this period. And for once, the handsome hero does not get the girl. I find that rather refreshing.
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classico eccellente e divertente del Nord America occidentale.
    Reviewed in Italy on February 17, 2024
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    Classico eccellente e divertente del Nord America occidentale e straordinaria partecipazione dei suoi famosi attori. La qualità dell'immagine è magnifica. L'opzione audio multilingue è un valore aggiunto di questo DVD.
    L'attenzione del venditore è stata rapida ed efficiente. Ho ricevuto il pacco perfettamente e in tutta sicurezza.

    Excellent and entertaining classic of the North American West and outstanding participation of its renowned actors. The image quality is magnificent. The multi-language audio option is an added value of this DVD.
    The seller's attention was fast and efficient. I received the package perfectly and safely.
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  • FERNANDEZ
    1.0 out of 5 stars Bonne réception mai pas le bon dvd
    Reviewed in France on February 9, 2021
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    Ce n est pas le bon film!!
    Il y a eu erreur !!
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  • Zahlenakrobat67
    3.0 out of 5 stars Starker Western mit hochklassiger Besetzung, jedoch mauer Bildqualität
    Reviewed in Germany on July 8, 2019
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    Der amerikanische Western GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING aus dem Jahr 1956 ist im deutschsprachigen Raum unter dem Titel SKRUPELLOS bekannt, wurde jedoch kürzlich von dem mir bisher nicht bekannten Label tonpool Medien GmbH unter dem Originaltitel veröffentlicht. Der Titel GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING ist eine gängige Redewendung aus dem Süden der USA und bedeutet ungefähr have a nice day. GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING ist aber auch der Titel eines Romans von Robert Hardy Andrews (1903 – 1976), den dieser 1950 veröffentlichte. Die Rechte an einer Verfilmung erwarb der unabhängige Produzent Edmund Grainger, der diesen Roman mit seiner Produktionsgesellschaft Edmund Grainger Production verfilmen wollte. Für die Erstellung eines Drehbuchs konnte Grainger noch einmal den renommierten Autor Lesser Samuels gewinnen, der für seine Vorlagen zu den Klassikern DER HASS IST BLIND (1950) und REPORTER DES SATANS (1951) jeweils für den Oscar für das Beste Drehbuch nominiert war. Samuels hat sich nach der Fertigstellung des Films aus dem Filmgeschäft zurückgezogen und arbeitete später erfolgreich für das Theater.

    Die Geschichte von GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING spielt am Vorabend des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges und die zunehmenden Spannungen zwischen Nord- und Südstaatlern sind deutlich zu spüren. Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack), ein aus den Südstaaten kommender Geschäftsmann gewinnt bei einem Pokerspiel den gutgehenden Saloon von Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr) unter entscheidender Mithilfe von Boston Grant (Ruth Roman), die sich leidenschaftlich in den gut aussehenden Südstaatler verliebt. Doch Owen hegt Gefühle für die bildschöne Ann Merry Alaine (Virginia Mayo), die er auf dem Weg nach Denver kennen gelernt und in der Stadt eine Boutique eröffnet hat. Doch sein eigentliches Ziel sind die Goldfunde in einer nahe gelegenen Miene, die von Südstaatlern betrieben wird, die damit ihre Landsleute im bevorstehenden Bürgerkrieg gegen die Nordstaaten finanziell unterstützen wollen. Um dies zu unterbinden haben die Nordstaaten Geheimagenten nach Denver geschickt, die bei Kriegsausbruch das Gold für den Norden konfiszieren sollen. Für Pentecost spitzt sich die Lage jedoch auch persönlich zu, als er einen Geschäftspartner in Notwehr erschießen muss und kurz darauf dessen Sohn in Denver ankommt, um nach dem Tod der Mutter bei dem Vater zu leben. Pentecost nimmt sich des Jungen an, jedoch ohne diesen über die genauen Umstände vom Tod seines Vaters zu informieren. Während die beiden sich schnell näher kommen bricht der Bürgerkrieg aus und Pentecost muss sich entscheiden, welcher Seite er zugehört.

    Produzent Edmund Grainger betraute den gefallenen Regisseur Jacques Tourneur mit der Inszenierung seines Films und ermöglichte diesem nach langer Zeit wieder eine größere Produktion zu inszenieren. Tourneur wird heute besonders für seine Werke KATZENMENSCHEN (1942) und ICH FOLGTE EINEM ZOMBIE (1943) geschätzt, die großen stilbildenden Einfluss auf das Filmbusiness hatten. Mit GOLDENES GIFT (1947) schuf Tourneur zudem einen Klassiker des Film Noir, doch seine Entscheidung den kleinen und sehr feinen Western STARS IN MY CROWN für eine sehr geringe Aufwandsentschädigung zu inszenieren diskreditierte diesen in den Augen der großen Studios, weshalb dessen Karriere danach einen unübersehbaren Bruch aufweist. (vgl. imdb.com). Mit Unterstützung des äußerst renommierten Kameramanns William E. Snyder (dreifach Oscar nominiert für Die Tochter der Südsee (1941), Liebesnächte in Sevilla (1948) und Jolson sings again (1949)), sowie einem sehr hochklassigen Cast inszenierte Tourneur einen starken Western, der von Filmkritiker Joe Hembus in seinem Standard Werk WESTERN LEXIKON mit zwei Sternen ausgezeichnet wurde. Hembus notiert dazu: „Der eigentliche Inhalt des Films ist die „Adoption“ des vaterlos gewordenen Jungen durch Pentecoast und die wechselseitige Erziehung dieses Paares; eine Geschichte, die in ihrer Reinheit und Sensibilität von dem „Eros des Abenteurers“ getragen ist, den Jacques Lourcelles den besten Filmen Jacques Tourneurs nachsagt. „Neben THE TIN STAR und SHANE ist dies der beste unter den vielen Boy-Hero-Western.“ (NFT-Programm). (ebenda, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München 1978, 2. Auflage, Seite 573).

    Grandios ist die Leistung von Robert Stack (Es wird immer wieder Tag, 1954; Die Unbestechlichen, TV-Serie 1959 – 1963), der charismatisch den Abenteurer Owen Pentecoast spielt, der hin-und hergerissen zwischen zwei Frauen, sowie zwischen den beiden Fronten den väterlichen Helfer für den Jungen spielt. Auch Raymond Burr, der vor allem für seine beiden Paraderollen als Perry Mason und Der Chef in den gleichnamigen TV-Serien bekannt ist, spielt hier den skrupellosen und Unruhe stiftenden Saloon Besitzer mit solcher Inbrunst, dass man sich diesen als good guy nur noch schwer vorstellen kann. Aber auch Leinwandgöttin Virginia Mayo (Vogelfrei, 1949; Des Königs Admiral, 1951; Der Talisman, 1954) und Ruth Roman (Der Stachel des Bösen, 1949; Todfeindschaft, 1950; Der Fremde im Zug, 1951) haben einen ebenso großen Anteil an diesem atmosphärisch starken und äußerst gelungenen Western.

    Weniger gelungen ist hingegen die DVD-Veröffentlichung des bereits erwähnten Labels tonpool Medien GmbH. Zwar enthält diese Veröffentlichung den Film im Original Format 2,00:1 und auch in der kompletten Länge von 92 Minuten, doch kann das Bild nur als mau und unterdurchschnittlich bewertet werden. Es wechseln sich immer wieder Szenen mit einer ordentlichen Schärfe mit Szenen von mangelhafter Schärfe ab. Ebenso wirken die Farben in einigen Szenen blass. Das ist bei einem Film dieser Güteklasse ziemlich frustrierend und macht sich entsprechend in der Wertung bemerkbar. Da ist es nur ein kleiner Trost, dass diese Veröffentlichung neben der deutschen auch die englische Tonspur besitzt. Das Ton Format ist bei beiden Sprachoptionen Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono. Untertitel gibt es hingegen keine, doch ist der Ton ganz gut zu verstehen. Einzige Extras sind der Original Trailer und eine kurze Trailershow, wobei hier die Bildqualität nicht bearbeitet ist. Aufgrund der Qualität des Films vergebe ich hier noch drei Sterne, jedoch geht vom technischen Bereich her die Tendenz eher in Richtung zwei Sterne.
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  • tj
    5.0 out of 5 stars The print is good and the sound is good l have brought a ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2017
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    This film I have only seen this being sold from ltaly cannot get it from america or England dont know why but don't let that stop you buying .The print is good and the sound is good l have brought a lot of films from Italy and they have all been very good
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  • charly6
    1.0 out of 5 stars Gnadenlos frech
    Reviewed in Germany on May 31, 2019
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    Die gleiche miese Qualität, das gleiche schlechte Cover, nur mit dem Originaltitel Great Day in the Morning.
    Great Movie, really bad Quality. Unwatchable. Wer unternimmt etwas gegen diese Banditenlabels???
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