The Man from Colorado (1948)

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

Robert Hardy Andrews (screenplay) &
Ben Maddow (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 August 1948 (Sweden)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

COLORADO WASN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH...WHEN A WOMAN CAME BETWEEN THEM! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them...

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Opening Action Scene | Tragic Villain | Horse | Saddle

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Glenn Ford	...	Col. Owen Devereaux
William Holden	...	Capt. Del Stewart
Ellen Drew	...	Caroline Emmet
Ray Collins	...	Big Ed Carter
Edgar Buchanan	...	Doc Merriam
Jerome Courtland	...	Johnny Howard
James Millican	...	Sgt. Jericho Howard
Jim Bannon	...	Nagel
William 'Bill' Phillips	...	York (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanley Andrews	...	Roger MacDonald (uncredited)
Emile Avery	...	Glory Hill Townsman (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin	...	Tom Barton (uncredited)
Symona Boniface	...	Matron (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg	...	Soldier at Dance (uncredited)
James Bush	...	Cpl. Dixon (uncredited)
Clarence Chase	...	Charlie Trumbull (uncredited)
David Clarke	...	Mutton McGuire (uncredited)
Fred Coby	...	Veteran (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad	...	Morris (uncredited)
Tex Cooper	...	Glory Hill Townsman (uncredited)
Ben Corbett	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston	...	Jones (uncredited)
Fred Graham	...	Parks (uncredited)
Herman Hack	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Mary Adams Hayes	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Myron Healey	...	Powers (uncredited)
Phin Holder	...	Sanders (uncredited)
Ray Hyke	...	Veteran (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald	...	Jack Rawson (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring	...	Glory Hill Townsman (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Denver Pyle	...	Easy Jarrett (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds	...	Parry (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey	...	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford	...	Glory Hill Townsman (uncredited)
David York	...	Rebel Major (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Levin

Writing credits
Robert Hardy Andrews		(screenplay) (as Robert D. Andrews) &
Ben Maddow		(screenplay)
Borden Chase		(original story)

Produced by
Jules Schermer	....	producer

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
William E. Snyder		(director of photography) (as William Snyder)

Film Editing by
Charles Nelson

Art Direction by
Stephen Goosson		(as Stephen Goossón)
A. Leslie Thomas

Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford
Wilbur Menefee

Costume Design by
Jean Louis

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wilbur McGaugh	....	assistant director
Arthur Rosson	....	second unit director

Sound Department
George Cooper	....	sound recordist

Stunts
Bill Catching	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Fayte M. Browne	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Walter Meins	....	grip (uncredited)
Homer Van Pelt	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Morris Stoloff	....	musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Francis Cugat	....	associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director
Frances McDowell	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1948) (USA) (theatrical)
• Central Motion Picture Exchange (1951) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1951) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Union Film (1951) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1953) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

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Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | USA:Approved (PCA #12413) | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:12 (f)

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Featured in Brave Warrior (1952)

Soundtrack:

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Another Fine Performance By Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford was as good as anyone playing an intense psychotic, which he does here in this above-average western. Ford, playing "Col.Owen Devereaux," gets elected to the position of "judge" right after his distinguished career in the Civil War. Unfortunately, he has mental problems and this position carries too much weight for an unstable sort such as him to be carrying. His best buddy, "Capt. Del Stewart" (William Holden) sees his friend as he is and tries to reason with him and help him out but winds up being alienated, too, by the paranoid judge whose problems escalate as the story goes on.

There's not a tremendous amount of action in here, but it still moves pretty fast and looks really nice on DVD. This is one of the few color films of the 1940s.

Ellen Drew, Ray Collins and Ed Buchnan provide good supporting help in the story. If you like some of the Anthony Mann-James Stewart westerns of the late '40s/early '50s, you should like this one, too.