- Actors: Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe, Peter Adams
- Directors: Harmon Jones
- Writers: Adele S. Buffington
- Producers: Helen Ainsworth, William F. Broidy
- Format: PAL, Import
- Language English, Spanish
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Suevia Films
- DVD Release Date: 29 May 2007
- Run Time: 76 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001AZ4QY0
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,922 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Booklet, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: When seen today, Bullwhip seems to be a dry run for the 1975 Jack Nicholson-Mary Steenburgen western Goin' South. To save himself from being hanged on a trumped-up murder charge, frontiersman Guy Madison agrees to marry whip-wielding spitfire Rhonda Fleming. Once the ceremony is over, Fleming wants nothing to do with her new husband, but he insists upon insinuating himself in her burgeoning fur-trading business. How long will it be before the heroine succumbs to Madison's rakish charms? When Shakespeare wrote this story, he called it Taming of the Shrew.; ...Bullwhip
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
According to her father's will, a fiercely independent young woman (Rhonda Fleming) must marry immediately in order to retain control of her father's estate and business. To this end, with the aid of a corrupt judge, she marries a man (Guy Madison) about to be hanged to fulfill her father's last wishes. But when he escapes from jail, he follows her and demands his place as her husband. Directed by Harmon Jones, this would ordinarily be a nondescript routine "pass the time" western. What makes it so disturbing, even repugnant, is the systematic humiliation and domineering of the woman by the cocky and arrogant man in an attempt to break her independent spirit and take control. It's the most sexist western I've ever seen in that respect. Madison is adequate and Fleming looks breathtaking in color and CinemaScope but the unsavory aspects of the story dampen whatever enjoyment one might ordinarily have. The title song, with whip cracks and all, is by Frankie Laine, who else? I wonder if Mel Brooks saw BULLWHIP as the title song from BLAZING SADDLES, also sung by Laine sounds quite similar.
The Suevia DVD from Spain is in its original CinemaScope ratio (2.35) in an anamorphic transfer. The picture is fine though the sound has a slightly hollow tone to it. Although from Spain, my copy had German credits! The Spanish subtitles are easily disabled.
The Suevia DVD from Spain is in its original CinemaScope ratio (2.35) in an anamorphic transfer. The picture is fine though the sound has a slightly hollow tone to it. Although from Spain, my copy had German credits! The Spanish subtitles are easily disabled.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
BULLWHIP,1958,Technicolor,stars the beautiful flame-haired RHONDA FLEMING playing Cheyenne,a sexy lady,
with money-making ambitions in the fur trade who wields[and uses]a bullwhip to get her way. When she
requires a spouse in order to inherit property,she makes a deal with condemned cowboy Steve[GUY MADISON].
But all does not quite go as the lovely Cheyenne had hoped it would. Also with a fine cast of supporting
"B" western actors. BULLWHIP is a very entertaining western,especially with the beautiful,sexy,flame-haired
actress Rhonda Fleming. And certainly worthy of at least three stars,pushing four.
This European dvd release will play in English[without subtitles]and i found picture/sound quality to be more
than good.
Regards,Bill.
with money-making ambitions in the fur trade who wields[and uses]a bullwhip to get her way. When she
requires a spouse in order to inherit property,she makes a deal with condemned cowboy Steve[GUY MADISON].
But all does not quite go as the lovely Cheyenne had hoped it would. Also with a fine cast of supporting
"B" western actors. BULLWHIP is a very entertaining western,especially with the beautiful,sexy,flame-haired
actress Rhonda Fleming. And certainly worthy of at least three stars,pushing four.
This European dvd release will play in English[without subtitles]and i found picture/sound quality to be more
than good.
Regards,Bill.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Not what it seems
15 Dec 2000
The picture on the box, with a beautiful woman sprawled in the dust as a man with a bullwhip towers over her, makes this look like a sex 'n' sadism flick. Nothing could be further from the truth. This reissue of a 1956 Allied Artists movie is almost a comedy. Rhonda Fleming (in the movie, she's the one who wields the whip) needs a temporary husband for legal reasons, and gets jailbird Guy Madison (TV's "Wild Bill Hickok"), who is scheduled to hang, to marry her. But Madison has been framed, breaks jail to clear himself, and ends up reunited with his new wife, much to her distress -- for a while, that is. This picture is no world-beater but it's kind of fun. Gaunt deep-voiced James Griffith also scores as an enigmatic gunman hired to get Madison until he, too, changes sides.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
1950s Western Fun
13 Nov 2001
This is very loosely adapted from The Taming Of The Screw, but only the characters and a two line plot summary survive. Apart from that, it's quite an original piece of writing from Adele Huffington (surely a pseudoym!), Flaming Readhead Rhonda Fleming looks great in Cine Color, and makes us laugh too. A good-looking guy in a white(ish) hat, former Wild Bill Hickock star Guy Madison slips easily into the role of wrongly accused, wrongly condemned, and fraudulently married man. His casual smile brings a confidence to the role that reminds us this is foremost a comedy and that we ought not to be too worried that our hero will end up hanged. But the villains are not so clear cut. fur trader Parnell is just an unscrupulous businessman and never tried to get anyone killed. The hired gun is neither good nor bad, more amoral, but this presents an interesting potential for him to either help or hinder the hero at the end of the movie. There's western clichés all through the film, the camp fire harmonica, the Indians smoking um pipe of peace. There are also a few bits of carelessness. The wagon train keeps stopping so they can film the stopped scenes in a park, and how does Cheyenne fit her bed, a desk, and all her fabulous dresses into that tiny wagon? But it's not fair to judge it by today's expectations. This is a simple comedy western, and on that basis, it is a lot of fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Disapointing
1 Jun 2011
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I was looking forward to viewing this movie, a favorite from long ago. However, the old pan and scan method
appears to have been done by an amature. Meaningless scenes, as people talking are thrown out of the picture
and a table and two pairs of hands are in the scene (an example). Also, the sound was muffled. I realize this
is one of the older movies, not made yesterday. But many movies much older than Bullwhip, do not have the
muffled and distorted sound as this version of Bullwhip.
Althought I enjoyed the story line, and the beautiful Ms. Fleming's acting, the obvious defects took away
from the total enjoyment I might otherwise have discovered while viewing this film.
appears to have been done by an amature. Meaningless scenes, as people talking are thrown out of the picture
and a table and two pairs of hands are in the scene (an example). Also, the sound was muffled. I realize this
is one of the older movies, not made yesterday. But many movies much older than Bullwhip, do not have the
muffled and distorted sound as this version of Bullwhip.
Althought I enjoyed the story line, and the beautiful Ms. Fleming's acting, the obvious defects took away
from the total enjoyment I might otherwise have discovered while viewing this film.
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