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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
Sydney Boehm (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
12 December 1955 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western more
Tagline:
As Big and Spectacular and Exciting As The Mighty West Itself! more
Plot:
Two brothers, Ben and Clint, join a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. While heading for Texas they save Nella from the Indians... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
fair but not spectacular fare more (26 total)

Cast

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Clark Gable ... Colonel Ben Allison

Jane Russell ... Nella Turner

Robert Ryan ... Nathan Stark
Cameron Mitchell ... Clint Allison
Juan García ... Luis, Allison's Head Vaccaro (as Juan Garcia)
Harry Shannon ... Sam, Cattleman robbed by Jayhawkers
Emile Meyer ... Chickasaw Charlie
Steve Darrell ... Colonel Norris, U.S. Cavalry (as Stevan Darrell)

Will Wright ... Gus - the Bartender at Black Nugget Saloon
Robert Adler ... Wrangler
J. Lewis Smith ... Cowboy
Russell Simpson ... Emigrant

Mae Marsh ... Emigrant
Gertrude Graner ... Emigrant
Tom Wilson ... Miner
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Runtime:
122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (35 mm magnetic prints) | Mono (Western Electric Recording) (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #17476) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Durango, Mexico
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Clark Gable had to stand on a box to look taller than his 6'4" co-star Robert Ryan in one scene. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Ben and Clint first enter the saloon and the livery stable in Mineral city, Clint's two-gun rig is hidden by his coat. When Clint follows Stark into the livery stable, his guns are strapped on the outside and over his coat, yet when they ride out of town, his guns are back under the coat. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[pointing to a lynched man dangling from a tree limb]
Colonel Ben Allison: Looks like we're close to civilization.
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Soundtrack:
Cancion Mixteca more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
fair but not spectacular fare, 9 February 2006
6/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

Despite this film starring Clark Gable, Cameron Mitchell and Robert Ryan, it's not exactly the most exciting or interesting film I've ever seen. In fact, with these stars I really expected something more memorable. Instead, it's an unusual but completely ordinary Western about a kidnapping and Gable and Mitchell hiding out with Jane Russell. The dialog is pretty far-fetched and the story just seems to drag. Maybe part of it was because the movie was often set in the middle of winter during a snow storm--this couldn't help but give the movie a certain degree of claustrophobia--keeping much of the "action" indoors. While I am not saying it's a bad film, there are better ones and unless you are a die-hard fan, try watching some other Gable or Ryan film first.

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