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6.7/10   65 votes
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Director:
Jerry Hopper
Writers:
John Burress (story)
Norman S. Hall (writer)
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Release Date:
21 January 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Western more
Tagline:
This is Your Kind of Movie About Your Kind of Guy!
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User Comments:
Worth watching once but not again for various reasons. more (5 total)

Cast

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Brandon De Wilde ... Biarn Turner

Lee Marvin ... Tobias Brown
Gary Merrill ... Doyle Magee
Paul Ford ... Finas Daugherty
Mary Hosford ... Anne Love Price
Ken Curtis ... Fred Mueller
Cal Tinney ... Clyde Hamilton Baker
Frank Cady ... Willie Poole
Mary Field ... Nelda Hamilton
Kathleen Freeman ... Serena Poole

Will Wright ... Sheriff Peavy
Tom Tiner ... Rev. Thorndyke
Bill Bryant ... Henry Craig
Barry Curtis ... Jimmy Price
Eddie Little Sky ... Red Poole
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:Approved (PCA #18662)
Company:
C.V. Whitney Pictures more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Worth watching once but not again for various reasons., 25 March 2006
6/10
Author: padutchland-1 from United States

I usually like turn of the century (1900), small town America movies. But this one had no zing to it, nor did it make you care about the characters. Who's fault was it? The director? The writer? The actors? I'm thinking the writing, but who knows what happened during production. There were some top actors in this movie too. Brandon de Wilde still had a big name from his earlier years but his acting was a little flat in this one, in my opinion. Lee Marvin was Lee Marvin with his strong, stony acting style so can't blame him. Gary Merrill did a decent job as the local newspaper editor but not as good as I've seen him in other movies. The actor who really made this movie any good at all was Paul Ford who played the cafe/restaurant owner. He was the only one who seemed to know how to carry a scene, and with pizazz. He has always been a great character actor. Another great character actor is Frank Cady who should have been given a larger part in this movie to help bring it along. I remember him as the store owner in Green Acres and more-so, I remember him as Doctor Williams on Ozzie and Harriet. He has always been a quiet yet competent actor. The female lead was someone named Mary Hosford, as in the credits it said she was being introduced, and I don't think she ever made another movie. She was OK but you didn't have any feelings for her part. One thing I liked was how the men stood and took off their hats when the flag went by in a parade. That was commonplace at one time, but I notice teenagers today often not bothering to take off their hats for the National Anthem at sports games. I don't think they are being ignorant, I think many ARE ignorant. Ignorant of what is proper, as no one ever taught them to respect the freedom represented by the US Flag. So, I'd say take a look at the movie if you don't have to go out of your way, and if you like the good old days and or horse or sulky racing. It's not a memorable movie, but worth seeing once I guess.

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