Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil is a 1954 Western film about three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell, who are hired by a woman, portrayed by Susan Hayward, to rescue her husband. En route to California to prospect for gold, Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) stop over in a tiny Mexican village. The three men and Vicente Madariaga (Victor ... more

Garden of Evil is a 1954 Western film about three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell, who are hired by a woman, portrayed by Susan Hayward, to rescue her husband. En route to California to prospect for gold, Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) stop over in a tiny Mexican village. The three men and Vicente Madariaga (Victor Manuel Mendoza) are hired by a desperate Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) to rescue her husband John (Hugh Marlowe), who is trapped in a gold mine in hostile Indian territory. During the harrowing journey, the party's already frayed nerves are aggravated when the men become attracted to the woman. The group then arrives at the mine site — called the "Garden of Evil" because the Indians regard it as the domain of evil spirits. They find an injured, but living John Fuller. As they leave, they are pursued by Apaches. Eventually, only Hooker, Fiske and... less