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Writer:
Guy Trosper (written by)
Release Date:
15 September 1950 (USA)
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Plot:
Lance Poole, an Indian who won a Medal of Honor fighting at Gettysburg, returns to his tribal lands intent on peaceful cattle ranching...
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1 nomination
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The tragedy of a man who had a naive dream.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | 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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| William Bailey | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| Vivian Brown | ... | Mrs. Campbell (uncredited) |
| Roy Butler | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| Bertha Cody | ... | Mary (uncredited) |
| Frank Conlan | ... | Telegrapher (uncredited) |
| Harold A. Deane | ... | Surveyor (uncredited) |
| Tom Fadden | ... | Bob Trammell, Bartender (uncredited) |
| Dan Foster | ... | Rancher (uncredited) |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Spud Keith (uncredited) |
| Henry Marco | ... | Jimmy (uncredited) |
| John Maxwell | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| Kermit Maynard | ... | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| Frank McGrath | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| Buddy Messinger | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | ... | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| William 'Bill' Phillips | ... | Ed's Pal (uncredited) |
| George Sky Eagle | ... | Lone Bear (uncredited) |
| Cecil Smith | ... | Indian (uncredited) |
| Titus Spencer | ... | Painter (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Anthony Mann | |||
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| Guy Trosper | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Nicholas Nayfack | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| John Alton | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Conrad A. Nervig | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
| Leonid Vasian | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Walter Plunkett | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jack Dawn | .... | makeup creator | |
| Sydney Guilaroff | .... | hair styles designer | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ridgeway Callow | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Yakima Canutt | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Alfred E. Spencer | .... | associate set decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording supervisor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| A. Arnold Gillespie | .... | special effects | |
| Bob McDonald | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Robert F. Hoy | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Frank McGrath | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Terry Wilson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| David Tamkin | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1954) (Austria) (theatrical)
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84 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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After seeing quite a lot of westerns about Native Americans I can say that not one of them made such an impact on me as this one. Broken Arrow was quite good and so was Dance with Wolves, but none of them show in such a shocking way the tragedy that fell upon this people with the colonization of the west. Robert Taylor is unbelievably convincing as a Native American who fought in the war and got a Congressional Medal of Honor. He returns to his people thinking that a new era is going to start where they will be treated as equals, but soon all his plans go down the drain. Louis Calhern is a bigoted lawyer and Paula Raymond the nice lawyer that helps Taylor. When Taylor says to Raymond that in 100 years they could have a different relationship, instinctively I asked myself if that really happened. No doubt things improved a lot, they are still far from perfect but at least a film like this one could be made in 1950 and be accepted as true. Anthony Mann was at his best on westerns with a dark side and here he shows us the talent that would be responsible for so many great films that were yet to come.