Dallas (1950)

Director:

Stuart Heisler

Writer:

John Twist (written by)

Release Date:

30 December 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

When all of Texas was a powder keg...they lit the fuse!

Plot:

A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Marshal | Fiancee | Revenge | Texas

Cast

Gary Cooper	...	Blayde Hollister
Ruth Roman	...	Tonia Robles
Steve Cochran	...	Bryant Marlow
Raymond Massey	...	Will Marlow
Barbara Payton	...	Flo
Leif Erickson	...	U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
Antonio Moreno	...	Don Felipe Robles
Jerome Cowan	...	Matt Coulter
Reed Hadley	...	Wild Bill Hickok
Gil Donaldson	...	Luis Robles

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #14638) | UK:PG | Norway:16 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Each time characters shoot at a can to demonstrate their marksmanship, there is a slight delay between the gunshots and the can's movement. In reality, there would be an almost instantaneous reaction.

Quotes:

U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: [after seeing the Marlow's office in town] Well, let's apprehend them!
Blayde Hollister: Never launch an attack, Yankee, until yuh know the tactical situation.
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: You learned that at Vicksburg, Rebel?
Blayde Hollister: Foreigner, I'll make it simple so you can understand.
[Looking toward the saloon]
Blayde Hollister: The best place to reconnoiter is where the barleycorn flows!

On my top 10 List

If you like Gary Cooper, this is one of his best roles. His gentle intensity to right a wrong is what made his career. "Blayde Hollister" comes to Dallas to take revenge against Will and Brian Malowe, who burned his Georgia farm and killed his family. Inept Marshall gets in Hollister's way, attempting to arrest him when interrupted by a street shootout between Hollister and Wild Bill Hickock. The shootout is staged to get the law off Hollister, & he takes the "back East" Marshall under his wing to keep him alive in Texas, as they switch identity.

That was a great beginning, and the picture holds up all the way through. Action may be a little "slow" by today's standards, but it is one of my top 10 favorite movies.