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Director:
Anthony Mann
Writer:
Guy Trosper (written by)
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Release Date:
15 September 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Plot:
Lance Poole, an Indian who won a Medal of Honor fighting at Gettysburg , returns to his tribal lands intent on peaceful cattle ranching... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Robert Taylor ... Lance Poole
Louis Calhern ... Verne Coolan
Paula Raymond ... Orrie Masters
Marshall Thompson ... Rod MacDougall

James Mitchell ... Red Rock
Edgar Buchanan ... Zeke Carmody

Rhys Williams ... Scotty MacDougall
Spring Byington ... Mrs. Masters
James Millican ... Ike Stapleton
Bruce Cowling ... Lt. Grimes
Fritz Leiber ... Mr. Poole
Harry Antrim ... Dr. C.O. MacQuillan
Chief John Big Tree ... Thundercloud
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Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #14216)
Filming Locations:
Aspen, Colorado, USA more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Lance Poole: I send you my father to the Land of the Great Mystery. May you ride with him on the North Wind. more

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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
overrated, 21 June 2006
3/10
Author: loydmooney-1 from United States

This is one of Mann's works in progress. Compare it to any three or four of his best and it falls tremendously short. The woman lawyer is poorly cast, the story is rather tedious, in short this is a very heartfelt flop. However, Mann's camera is, as usual, simply amazing. And there is a curious lazy believability about Taylor that others have noted here: he talks in Harvardese English that is great, probably the one big feature of realism that has struck home with the others here.

Having seen it right behind Man of the West as I just did, well, not a good thing for it: There are five or six or seven scenes in the Cooper film that I have watched maybe 30 or 40 times, the only one here would be the first : the dog barking Taylor into town and the great looming shot of Calhern, wonderful introduction to his vile character, very classic. The rest of the story is pretty hokey, however, and that however is a big one, there is never a doubt you are watching one of the great eyes of cinema. Mann's camera was much more unexpected and darting than Welles, even though they both relied on more great closeups than any other great directors of their time, though Welles always loved shooting up peoples noses, Mann just always from every which side and level, and because he was trying so desperately to peel away the layers of character with the angles. By Man of the West, Winchester 73, Bend of the River, he was turning out his masterpieces and if it took something like this to get them, it was worth it.

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