Main Cast: Betta St. John, Arthur Kennedy, Eugene Iglesias, Charlita, Roy Engel
Release Year: 1955
Country: US
Run Time: 82 minutes
Plot
Given a bigger budget than usual, cult director Edgar G. Ulmer rises to the occasion in The Naked Dawn. Filmed in Mexico, the story focuses on a poor but proud farmer named Manuel (Eugene Iglesias) and his wife Maria (Betta St. John). When glib-tongued drifter Santiago (Arthur Kennedy) tries to get Manuel mixed up in a train robbery, the farmer is at first resistant, but is goaded into joining Santiago by the covetous Maria. Corrupted by the prospect of untold wealth, Manuel begins plotting the murder of Santiago; meanwhile, Maria makes plans to bump off Manuel and run off with the handsome stranger. There's a moral in all this, and Ulmer makes certain that we don't miss it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Martin Lancer - Art Director, Edgar G. Ulmer - Director, Dan Milner - Editor, Herschel Burke Gilbert - Composer (Music Score), Herschel Burke Gilbert - Musical Direction/Supervision, Herschel Burke Gilbert - Songwriter, William Copeland - Songwriter, Frederick Gately - Cinematographer, James Q. Radford - Producer, Julian Halevy - Screenwriter, Herman Schneider - Screenwriter, Nina Schneider - Screenwriter
