I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStuart Heisler
Written byW.R. Burnett
Based onHigh Sierra
1940 novel
by W. R. Burnett
Produced byWillis Goldbeck
StarringJack Palance
Shelley Winters
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byClarence Kolster
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 9, 1955 (1955-11-09) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Died a Thousand Times is a 1955 American CinemaScope Warnercolor film noir directed by Stuart Heisler. The drama features Jack Palance as paroled bank robber Roy Earle, with Shelley Winters, Lee Marvin, Earl Holliman, Perry Lopez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, and Lon Chaney Jr.[1]

I Died a Thousand Times is a scene-by-scene remake of High Sierra (1941), which was based upon a novel by W.R. Burnett and starred Humphrey Bogart as Earle. The same story had also been transformed into the Western Colorado Territory (1949), with Joel McCrea.