The Missouri Traveler (1958)

Director:

Jerry Hopper

Writers:

John Burress (story), Norman S. Hall

Stars:

Brandon De Wilde, Lee Marvin, Gary Merrill

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | runaway | horse | animal abuse

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Taglines:

This is Your Kind of Movie About Your Kind of Guy!

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

El viajero de Missouri

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

C.V. Whitney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Pleasing to kids, perhaps.

Nearly every scene of this featherweight film set in the early 20th century is directed at an andante tempo, its story concerning a youth named Byron (a lacklustre Brandon DeWilde), a runaway from an orphanage who finds a home in a quiet Missouri town named Delphi, thanks to the editor of the local paper, played warmly by Gary Merrill. Byron is not, however, a favourite of wealthy but harsh land owner Tobias Brown (Lee Marvin), who teaches the lad lessons of life the hard way; their conflict forms the kernel of a torpid work which does benefit from a strong performance by always reliable Paul Ford as proprietor of a small cafe but which is sunk by the flaccid direction and hackneyed dialogue.