Aside from the 1944 noir 'Laura', Vincent Price often cited his role in Samuel Fuller's second directorial effort, 'The Baron of Arizona' amongst his career favorites -and rightfully so.
The fascinating and all but forgotten story of how an ambitious fraudster tried conning his way to ownership of the entire state of Arizona is as fascinating as it is bizarre. Therefore, casting Vincent Price in the titular role of The Baron was a perfect match for this mad story. His performance as self-assured and mannered conman works great as an anchor to Samuel Fuller's genrebending directing that's somehow part western, part noir, part legal drama. The movie doesn't have many of the telltale signs of later Fuller features, but it laid a solid foundation and showed of what was to come. Definitely worth a watch for any Fuller and/or Price fans.
The fascinating and all but forgotten story of how an ambitious fraudster tried conning his way to ownership of the entire state of Arizona is as fascinating as it is bizarre. Therefore, casting Vincent Price in the titular role of The Baron was a perfect match for this mad story. His performance as self-assured and mannered conman works great as an anchor to Samuel Fuller's genrebending directing that's somehow part western, part noir, part legal drama. The movie doesn't have many of the telltale signs of later Fuller features, but it laid a solid foundation and showed of what was to come. Definitely worth a watch for any Fuller and/or Price fans.