Rocky Mountain (1950)

A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering ... See full summary »

Director:

William Keighley

Writers:

Winston Miller (screenplay), Alan Le May (screenplay),

Stars:

Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes

Cast

Cast overview:
Errol Flynn	...	Capt. Lafe Barstow (CSA)
Patrice Wymore	...	Johanna Carter
Scott Forbes	...	Lt. Rickey (USA)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	Pap Dennison (CSA) (as Guinn Williams)
Dickie Jones	...	Jim (Buck) Wheat (CSA) (as Dick Jones)
Howard Petrie	...	Cole Smith / California Beal
Slim Pickens	...	Plank (CSA)
Chubby Johnson	...	Gil Craigie, Stagedriver
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	Kip Waterson (CSA) (as Buzz Henry)
Sheb Wooley	...	Kay Rawlins
Peter Coe	...	Pierre Duchesne (CSA)
Rush Williams	...	Jonas Weatherby (CSA)

Storyline

A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering Confederacy. Because the patrol saves a stagecoach, with Johanna Carterr as one of the passengers, from an Indian attack, and is marooned on a rocky mountain, it fails in its mission but the honor of the Old South is upheld.

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Plot Keywords:

honor | patrol | stagecoach | nevada | california | 

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Taglines:

Gun-violence echoes across the Dangerland of the West!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Official Sites:

DVDClassik [Julien Léonard] (French)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 November 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rocky Mountain Trail

Filming Locations:

Gallup, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Errol Flynn's last western.

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Goofs

During the Indian fight over the stagecoach, a small sign with someone's jacket shows in the lower left of the film....it also has the number 27 on it.

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Connections

Featured in The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

User Reviews

One of Flynn's Best

"For it being 1950, I was stunned to find so many real and honest performances. There was none of that obnoxious "Studio Acting" where everyone is chewing scenery and pretending to be their character."

This was the comment of a previous reviewer. Anyone who is "stunned" to find good acting in a 1950 movie has probably not seen many movies from that period. As for "chewing scenery", I wonder if this person has ever paid attention when "method" icons like Dean, Brando, Cobb, Palance, and Penn are on screen. It's often a miracle there's any scenery left uneaten to finish the movie with!

"Rocky Mountain" is one of Flynn's better films (of many good ones), and as always, this underrated actor is real and natural. The movie is also of interest as the debut of noted character actor Slim Pickens. The story is gritty and dark, and the scenery and photography are spectacular. The ending is quite moving. This is a movie worth seeing.