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Director:
Robert Wise
Writers:
Lillie Hayward (screenplay)
Luke Short (adaptation)
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Release Date:
9 November 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Western more
Tagline:
LUSTY! VIOLENT! SAVAGE! more
Plot:
When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun... more | add synopsis
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One of the best westerns ever made more (15 total)

Cast

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Robert Mitchum ... Jim Garry

Barbara Bel Geddes ... Amy Lufton
Robert Preston ... Tate Riling

Walter Brennan ... Kris Barden
Phyllis Thaxter ... Carol Lufton

Frank Faylen ... Jake Pindalest
Tom Tully ... John Lufton
Charles McGraw ... Milo Sweet
Clifton Young ... Joe Shotten
Tom Tyler ... Frank Reardon
George Cooper ... Fred Barden
Tom Keene ... Ted Elser (as Richard Powers)
Bud Osborne ... Cap Willis
Zon Murray ... Nels Titterton

Robert Bray ... Bart Daniels
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Runtime:
88 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) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:U
Filming Locations:
RKO Encino Ranch - Balboa Boulevard & Burbank Boulevard, Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In 1957, this film was distributed on a double bill in the USA with Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957). (Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) was retitled "Battle Hell".) more
Quotes:
Jake Pindalest: Here's the item we were talking about the other day. I think you'll find it satisfactory.
Tate Riling: United States dollars are usually satisfactory, aren't they?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dead Man (1995) more

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One of the best westerns ever made, 9 July 2003
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Author: NewEnglandPat from Virginia

This film is a dark, brooding affair that has plenty of action and suspense and unfolds like an urban thriller. The story is lean and straightforward in its plot development of a range war, a staple of many westerns. Robert Mitchum is excellent as a drifting cowboy who gets caught in the middle of a feud between cattle ranchers and Barbara Bel Geddes matches him with her portrayal of a tough, feisty ranch girl. Robert Preston is also good as a rancher at odds with Tom Tully in their range war and there's a romantic angle that further complicates matters between the ranchers. The picture has crisp black and white camera work with noir shadings here and there and the music is also good. Of note in the film is a savage saloon brawl notable for its intensity, a brutal confrontation that ranks among the best in any western.

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