Rawhide (1951)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writer:

Dudley Nichols (writer)

Release Date:

25 March 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Western

Plot:

A stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman traveler find themselves at the mercy of four desperate outlaws intent on robbing the next day's gold shipment.

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Stagecoach | Gold | Captive | Passenger

Cast

Tyrone Power	...	Tom Owens
Susan Hayward	...	Vinnie Holt
Hugh Marlowe	...	Zimmerman / Deputy sheriff Ben Miles
Dean Jagger	...	Yancy
Edgar Buchanan	...	Sam Todd (Rawhide stationmaster)
Jack Elam	...	Tevis
George Tobias	...	Gratz
Jeff Corey	...	Luke Davis
James Millican	...	Tex Squires
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Fickert ('New York Herald')
William Haade	...	Gil Scott (stagecoach driver)
Milton R. Corey Sr.	...	Dr. Tucker
Kenneth Tobey	...	Lt. Wingate (as Ken Tobey)
Dan White	...	Gilchrist
Max Terhune	...	Miner

Also Known As:

Desperate Siege (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

89 min | 87 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:(Banned) (1951-1963) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In 1954, 20th Century Fox distributed this film on a double bill with Inferno (1953) starring Robert Ryan and Rhonda Fleming.

Quotes:

Tom Owens: What are you doing?
Vinnie Holt: I'm taking this room.
Tom Owens: I'm sorry, this is mine.
Vinnie Holt: [Authoritatively] Not tonight, it's not!

Movie Connections:

Remake of Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

A taut, suspenseful western thriller

I was a teenager when I first saw this movie at the Carmel Theater in Hollywood. Tyrone Power was a WW II hero, and was a personal favorite from the 1940 western "The Mark of Zorro."

Hugh Marlowe had a nice, sympathetic role the year before in "All About Eve." So consider this teenager's surprise when he learns that Hugh is the bad guy.

Tyrone and Susan Hayward have appeared in several film together and here make a very good team once again. The rousing opening music theme was used before in the film "Brigham Young." Both films were directed by Henry Hathaway who might have said, "Let's use that music from Brigham Young." The strange thing is that there are different music credits for each film, so someone is not getting his just rewards and someone is getting credit undeservedly.

A previous review of this movie stated that this film was so predictable. Well, in the 50's all the heroes survived in motion pictures. The fun is here you don't know how the hero will survive (without a gun) and how he will save the others.

There is real suspense here and fear for the safety of the baby. This film is an excellent effort by both cast and crew and truly deserves a viewing.