Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

If one forgets that Rashomon (1950) exists, then The Outrage (1964) is a great film. Unfortunately, Rashomon does exist and TO is a standard remake that adds no new insights to the story or characters. I wouldn't call it a shot-for-shot remake, but it's pretty close.On its own merits, this is a good drama. The cinematography is beautiful and fluid. Alex North's melancholy score effectively underscores the action, never once intruding upon the proceedings. All the actors are great, and even the often-criticized Paul Newman does a good job as the bandit. Claire Bloom is absolutely marvelous as the wife, giving an intense and ambiguous performance that comes close to rivaling Machiko Kyo's in the original film.An enjoyable movie, but it really didn't need to be made.

There is something elusive about Martin Ritt's film "The Outrage" as what starts with supposedly minor characters slowly develops into a serious drama with the help of established actors.This is a rather curious anomaly as this film features famous actors like Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner who play some extremely minor roles.This meaningful film must escape from the clutches of unwarranted comparison to Japanese cinema maestro Akira Kurosawa's cult classic "Rashomon".No true film fan can deny that there might be similarities with that film yet "The Outrage" remains absolutely true to its American essence.With a fairly good command of colloquial Spanish,American cinema legend late Paul Newman excels in every frame.He proves that he is very much a woman's man despite getting a very negative role.It is said since time immemorial that various truths and lies are fair and valid as long as their authenticity is expressed in a just manner.This axiom holds full sway in this film."The Outrage" is a film wherein viewers have been urged to believe in the sanctity of male/female relationships especially when a man and a woman become a husband and wife.

Outrage, The (1964) ** (out of 4) Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson stars in this American remake of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. In the film, a man is left dead but there are three different versions as to how he was killed yet none of them might be the truth. I personally think Kurosawa's film is a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made but I was interested in this remake to see what they'd do. In all honesty, this film is extremely lazy in all forms. Newman plays a Mexican bandit who is the prime suspect in the murder of a rich man (Laurence Harvey). It's strange that Newman would be so busy in the Civil Rights movement at the time this was released yet he didn't have a problem playing a painted Mexican. His performance is actually pretty good with the exception of his accent, which comes across so thick that it's hard to understand at times. Some stereotypical "Mexican dialogue" doesn't serve too well though. Harvey is also good in his role as is Claire Bloom who plays his wife. Robinson is an old con man who hears the three different stories from people at a train station. I think an American remake could have worked but this isn't the film. The movie is lazy from start to finish and that includes some stupid Indian customs thrown in to try and make the film more mystical.

If John Sturges made "Seven Samurai" as an A western, and Sergio Leone "Yojimbo" as a spaghetti western, Martin Ritt chose the B western for "Rashomon", in "The Outrage". It follows the path set by "The Ox-Bow Incident", "The Gunfighter", "The Showdown" and "High Noon", the "intellectual" western in black and white. The story is excellent and adapts well for the genre, with four people telling different versions of the same murder. Claire Bloom and Lawrence Harvey are the married couple who get assaulted by Carrasco (Newman). Paul Newman is a great actor, his performance in Martin Ritt's "Hombre" is a proof of that, but there is a limit on how far you can go acting against your type. Newman set an impossible task for himself playing Carrasco, that part should go for actors like Eli Wallach or Anthony Quinn. I would not say his performance is a total failure, but the problem is that it is very important to understand Carrasco's character and that is not achieved by Newman visually, only when he verbalizes it in a Spanish that does not sound right. The irony is that Newman is such a charismatic actor that you actually enjoy his presence in the film. Edward G Robinson is the Con Man, what a performance! "The Outrage" is a very good film, it deserved better reviews than it got from the critics.