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''More Dead Than Alive'' is a 1969 {{Western}} film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck, starring Creator/ClintWalker, Creator/VincentPrice and Anne Francis.

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''More Dead Than Alive'' is a 1969 {{Western}} film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck, starring Creator/ClintWalker, Creator/VincentPrice and Anne Francis.
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''More Dead Than Alive'' is a 1969 film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck, starring Creator/ClintWalker, Creator/VincentPrice and Anne Francis.

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''More Dead Than Alive'' is a 1969 {{Western}} film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck, starring Creator/ClintWalker, Creator/VincentPrice and Anne Francis.
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** "That's the cost of one life, not twelve!" First said by Cassidy in sour grapes mode when he doesn't think Cain should have been let out of prison even after serving 18 years. The second time [[spoiler:occurs after Cain is gunned down by Karma. A hysterical Monica asks him why he had down that, when Cain had paid for his crimes by spending 18 years in prison. Karma coldly replies with this line and then rides off.]]

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** "That's the cost of one life, not twelve!" First said by Cassidy in sour grapes mode when he doesn't think Cain should have been let out of prison even after serving 18 years. The second time [[spoiler:occurs after Cain is gunned down by Karma. A hysterical Monica asks him why he had down done that, when Cain had paid for his crimes by spending 18 years in prison. Karma coldly replies with this line and then rides off.]]
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* BriefcaseBlaster: the attorney Karma, who has been following Cain for most of the film, pulls a gun from his attache case [[spoiler:and casually shoots Cain dead]]

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* BriefcaseBlaster: the The attorney Karma, who has been following Cain for most of the film, pulls a gun from his attache case [[spoiler:and casually shoots Cain dead]]dead]].



* DramaticAmmoDepletion: TheGunfighterWannabe Billy Valence beats outlaw Luke Santee to the draw, only for the hammer to fall on a spent shell in the chamber. He pulls the trigger again and agin with no reult, and he realises with growing horror, that he never reloaded his pistol [[spoiler:after murdering Ruffalo]]. Earlier in the film, Cain had warned him to never holster an empty pistol, [[FatalFlaw but Billy didn't listen]].

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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: TheGunfighterWannabe Billy Valence beats outlaw Luke Santee to the draw, only for the hammer to fall on a spent shell in the chamber. He pulls the trigger again and agin again with no reult, and he realises with growing horror, that he never reloaded his pistol [[spoiler:after murdering Ruffalo]]. Earlier in the film, Cain had warned him to never holster an empty pistol, [[FatalFlaw but Billy didn't listen]].



* LetsYouAndHimFight: Billy attempts to goad Cain and Cassidy into having a gunfight: first siding with one of them, and then the other, and even handing Cain a gun when he says doesn't have one. It is only Cain's steadfast refusal to pick up the gun that prevents a fight. As Billy's pleas for them to shoot each other become more desperate and pathetic, Cassidy realises how stupid the whole thing is and walks ways. Billy suffers a VillainousBreakdown as he sees that the shootout isn't happening: slumping on the ground and all but weeping.

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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Billy attempts to goad Cain and Cassidy into having a gunfight: first siding with one of them, and then the other, and even handing Cain a gun when he says doesn't have one. It is only Cain's steadfast refusal to pick up the gun that prevents a fight. As Billy's pleas for them to shoot each other become more desperate and pathetic, Cassidy realises how stupid the whole thing is and walks ways.away. Billy suffers a VillainousBreakdown as he sees that the shootout isn't happening: slumping on the ground and all but weeping.



* MeaningfulName: The protagonist [[NameOfCain Cain]] is steeped in blood that he can never wash away, no matter how hard he tries. His dogged pursuer is named Karma, and Cain cannot escape, no matter how far or long he runs. Eventually [[spoiler:Karma strikes him down without warning or mercy, only explaining afterward that this was payback for the murders Cain had committed in his previous life.]]
* MedicineShow: Showman Mark Ruffalo runs a variant, in that he doesn't hawk any medicines, but runs the Shooting Shoe & Death Display: essentially a miniature wild west show with marksmanship and trick shooting displays and a exhibit of items of dubious provenance purporting to be connected with the deaths of various famous denizens of TheWildWest.

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* MeaningfulName: The protagonist [[NameOfCain Cain]] is steeped in blood that he can never wash away, no matter how hard he tries. His dogged pursuer is named Karma, and Cain cannot escape, escape him, no matter how far or long he runs. Eventually [[spoiler:Karma strikes him down without warning or mercy, only explaining afterward that this was payback for the murders Cain had committed in his previous life.]]
* MedicineShow: Showman Mark Ruffalo runs a variant, in that he doesn't hawk any medicines, but runs the Shooting Shoe Show & Death Display: essentially a miniature wild west show with marksmanship and trick shooting displays and a exhibit of items of dubious provenance purporting to be connected with the deaths of various famous denizens of TheWildWest.



* ShootTheShaggyDog: The entire movie focuses on a guy known as "Killer" Cain trying to settle down with an honest living after spending 18 years in jail for a string of murders he committed prior to the movie. Being an ex-criminal, it's hard for him to find work. The only job he can keep is one at a shooting show. However there, he has to put up with an insolent young co-worker of his. To make things worse, he's made plenty of enemies in the past. By the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he not only gets the ranch he wants, but he gets to marry the woman he loves in a classic Western movie fashion. But then one of his old enemies (apparently the guy's father was one of Cain's victims) shows up and guns him down]].

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* ShootTheShaggyDog: The entire movie focuses on a guy known as "Killer" Cain trying to settle down with an honest living after spending 18 years in jail for a string of murders he committed prior to the movie. Being an ex-criminal, it's hard for him to find work. The only job he can keep is one at a shooting show. However there, However, there he has to put up with an insolent young co-worker of his. To make things worse, he's made plenty of enemies in the past. By the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he not only gets the ranch he wants, but he gets to marry the woman he loves in a classic Western movie fashion. But then one of his old enemies (apparently the guy's father was one of Cain's victims) shows up and guns him down]].down without preamble]].

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