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Writers:
Lamar Trotti (screenplay)
W.R. Burnett (story)
Release Date:
December 1948 (USA) more
Tagline:
It was a moment for being a woman for only a woman's weapon could keep her alive... now!
Plot:
Pistol-packing tomboy, and grandfather come to discover band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins more
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Actor Richard Widmark Dies at 93
(From IMDb News. 26 March 2008)
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Classic Black and White Western more (27 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gregory Peck | ... | James 'Stretch' Dawson |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Constance Mae 'Mike' |
 | Richard Widmark | ... | Dude |
 | Robert Arthur | ... | Bull Run |
| John Russell | ... | Lengthy |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Half Pint (as Henry Morgan) |
| James Barton | ... | Grandpa |
| Charles Kemper | ... | Walrus |
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| William Wellman Jr. | ... | Boy in Hayloft (scenes deleted) |
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98 min | 95 min (FMC Library Print)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Australia:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #13224) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Gregory Peck initially felt he was miscast as the bank robber. more
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Version of The Tempest (1939) (TV) more
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The plot of "Yellow Sky" may not be the most original but the performances more than make up for it. A gang of bank robbers cross a dangerous desert only to find themselves in a ghost town. But there are two inhabitants in the ruins; a young woman and her prospecting grandfather. The gang members immediately suspect that the two are hiding gold in their dilapidated mine and set out to rob them. The leader of the gang, however, (a young Gregory Peck) falls in love with the young woman (Anne Baxter) and a showdown is inevitable with the rest of the outlaws. Richard Widmark, in fine form as "Dude" a gambler/murderer with his trademark smirk intact, is Peck's main rival in the gang. The Black and White photography is excellent and the exteriors, filmed in Death Valley, give the movie a much-needed sense of realism. Director William Wellman received outstanding performances from this cast and the movie is considered a minor classic by most film historians. They don't make 'em like this anymore---but they should.