Having read the revues I was expecting something rather stirring and libidinous. However this turned out to be cliche ridden and rather laughable. The sight of Elaine Stewart bathing in a tub with Patrick Allen leering in from a window was a true highlight. I wonder if they made a continental version of this scene.
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Worth it just to hear the overly dramatic theme song.
mark.waltz31 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The credits are already over and the plot has already been established when the leading characters led by John Derek head up a mountain in the Canadian Rockies where they intend to dig and plaster gold. All of a sudden, there's a very melodramatic song sung by Dick James, that it really is one of the most laughable theme songs in a movie ever. Is singing alone should have started an avalanche, burying the town below. They face the elements, a frozen tundra, and something even more dangerous, a woman.
"Am I seeing things? A woman up here?" starts the conflict going when they see Elaine Stewart (and her hat), finding out that she's the wife of Al Mulock, one of the partners in the mine. John Derek is a bit of a brute, manhandling Stewart from the start, and the question becomes will he be able to either get her off the mountain so she is less of a distraction or tame her so she can stay. Stewart in her prim garb looks a bit like Katharine Hepburn, but when she talks, she's pure Ida Lupino.
Filmed in black and white which makes the emotions seem as empty as the surrounding land, it lacks the heat of a similar film set up way up north, "Track of the Cat", which was filmed in color that's gave a different aspect to the snowy setting. This one is ponderous at times yet that does create some tension. An interesting but quickly forgettable British and American action film, featuring some nice details about what a gold miners life is like, with some amusing moments provided by the slap Happy Stewart.
"Am I seeing things? A woman up here?" starts the conflict going when they see Elaine Stewart (and her hat), finding out that she's the wife of Al Mulock, one of the partners in the mine. John Derek is a bit of a brute, manhandling Stewart from the start, and the question becomes will he be able to either get her off the mountain so she is less of a distraction or tame her so she can stay. Stewart in her prim garb looks a bit like Katharine Hepburn, but when she talks, she's pure Ida Lupino.
Filmed in black and white which makes the emotions seem as empty as the surrounding land, it lacks the heat of a similar film set up way up north, "Track of the Cat", which was filmed in color that's gave a different aspect to the snowy setting. This one is ponderous at times yet that does create some tension. An interesting but quickly forgettable British and American action film, featuring some nice details about what a gold miners life is like, with some amusing moments provided by the slap Happy Stewart.
It left a "lusting" impression on me.
rtevan021516 December 2000
This film must have been made with the minimum of budgets; it's devoid of any fancy, box-office appealing glitsy sets. But rather the setting was a cabin on top of a snowy mountain.
A married couple, played by Elaine Stewart and character actor Al Mulock; who also happens to own the cabin,was stranded during a big snowstorm with their friend played by John Derek.
I saw this movie when I was in my teens; the sensuality of Lenore, the cheating wife and the friend,Craig (John Derek) was indescribably heart-pounding.
No artsy nudity or profanity, just plain emotions of desires and sensuality. I love this movie.
A married couple, played by Elaine Stewart and character actor Al Mulock; who also happens to own the cabin,was stranded during a big snowstorm with their friend played by John Derek.
I saw this movie when I was in my teens; the sensuality of Lenore, the cheating wife and the friend,Craig (John Derek) was indescribably heart-pounding.
No artsy nudity or profanity, just plain emotions of desires and sensuality. I love this movie.
:Lust in the snow
bkoganbing26 November 2015
John Derek produced and starred in High Hell a story of a mine on the top of a mountain and Derek's determination to get the gold out of it. The only problem is that some really crazy people built a town at the foot of the mountain and any real blasting will result in an avalanche. That part has me reaching, for the life of me I can't wrap my mind around that idea.
But Derek and a small crew have the gold fever and they plan to stay in a mountain cabin. Wouldn't you know it, Elaine Stewart at her most sultry is the wife of one of them and she's come up. Her part is kind of like the one Marilyn Monroe played in The Misfits. I'd hate to think Arthur Miller got the idea of his masterpiece from this drivel.
All the clichés with six men and a girl trapped on a mountain grow wild in this film.
But Derek and a small crew have the gold fever and they plan to stay in a mountain cabin. Wouldn't you know it, Elaine Stewart at her most sultry is the wife of one of them and she's come up. Her part is kind of like the one Marilyn Monroe played in The Misfits. I'd hate to think Arthur Miller got the idea of his masterpiece from this drivel.
All the clichés with six men and a girl trapped on a mountain grow wild in this film.
It is the movie of Elaine Stewart
gregorhauser18 January 2014
This movie seems to be very unnoticed. But it is really worth a view! An interesting atmosphere, a well directed plot and excellent actors. Most of all it scores with the pairing of Elaine Stewart and John Derek. It is their second movie together after "The Adventures of Haji Baba". And again the chemistry between these two beautiful people is incredible. In my opinion Elaine Stewart is one of the prettiest and sexiest women ever hit the screen. It is hard to understand why she did not become a bigger star!
Watch the scene in this movie where she is taking a bath in a old barrel. One of the prospectors come in and .... She really is a gifted actress. The scene is a highlight and every admirer of the movies from the 50s should know it.
Watch the scene in this movie where she is taking a bath in a old barrel. One of the prospectors come in and .... She really is a gifted actress. The scene is a highlight and every admirer of the movies from the 50s should know it.
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