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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writer:
Niven Busch (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 March 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Western more
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User Comments:
Noir?, Western?, really ? more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Teresa Wright ... Thor

Robert Mitchum ... Jeb
Judith Anderson ... Mrs. Callum
Dean Jagger ... Grant
Alan Hale ... Jake Dingle
John Rodney ... Adam
Harry Carey Jr. ... Prentice
Clifton Young ... The Sergeant
Ernest Severn ... Jeb, age 11
Charles Bates ... Adam, age 11
Peggy Miller ... Thor, age 10
Norman Jolley ... A Callum
Lane Chandler ... A Callum
Elmer Ellingwood ... A Callum
Jack Montgomery ... A Callum
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #11922) | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Company:
United States Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors) watched on the night he died (July 3, 1971). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Lost: Outlaws (#1.16)" (2005) more

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User Comments

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Noir?, Western?, really ?, 1 March 2009
7/10
Author: JohnRouseMerriottChard from United Kingdom

Pursued is a very decent picture, very nicely shot, darkly imaginative, and dripping with Noir style, but if it's actually a Noir film then that really is up for debate, as is, if this film really is a Western?. It wasn't quite what i was hoping for, and in truth it was a little too offbeat for the frame of mind i was in, but it's definitely one i'll go back to at some point to re-evaluate prepared with the awareness of what type of film it actually is.

Robert Mitchum {excellent} is Jeb Rand, who is constantly pursued by assailants all his life. The film is told in flashback from his childhood tragedy when his family were all murdered, with him being the only survivor. Upon learning that there was indeed a survivor, the killers set about erasing Jeb from the planet, thus Jeb spends all his life trying to find out what the hell is going on, and just why did his adoptive mother raise him in the first place?.

An oddity of sorts because Pursued is thinly embracing a number of genres, stretching the elements of each strand to create a film that once viewed, leaves one very intrigued as to its purpose......... 7/10

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