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Release Date:
23 June 1965 (USA)
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See How The West Was Fun! more
Plot:
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League...
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Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
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Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
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(From IMDb News. 19 August 2004)
Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
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A Wonderful Triumph, A Sure Cure for Depression
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Lancaster | ... | Col. Thaddeus Gearhart | |
| Lee Remick | ... | Cora Templeton Massingale | |
| Jim Hutton | ... | Capt. Paul Slater | |
| Pamela Tiffin | ... | Louise Gearhart | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | 'Oracle' Jones | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Frank Wallingham | |
| Martin Landau | ... | Chief Walks-Stooped-Over | |
| John Anderson | ... | Sgt. Buell | |
| Tom Stern | ... | Kevin O'Flaherty | |
| Robert J. Wilke | ... | Chief Five Barrels | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Clayton Howell | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Hobbs | |
| Helen Kleeb | ... | Henrietta | |
| Val Avery | ... | Denver bartender | |
| Noam Pitlik | ... | Interpreter |
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Also Known As:
John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
165 min | 156 min (TCM print) | USA:146 min (Cinemax) | West Germany:134 min (cut version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Norway:12 |
West Germany:6 (nf) |
USA:Approved (certificate #20607) |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:U
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Bill Williams died performing a stunt with a colleague during this shoot. The stunt called for Williams and another stuntman to guide a horse-drawn wagon toward a cliff. As the horses separated, both men were supposed to jump clear as the wagon continued over the cliff. Williams didn't manage to jump clear in time and died during the fall.
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Continuity: When the townspeople and miners first meet with Oracle Jones, the cork of the whiskey bottle appears and disappears atop the table where Jones is playing solitaire.
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Col. Thaddeus Gearhart:
Give a woman an acorn and the next thing you know you're up to your rump in oak trees.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
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While others find this glorious Western flawed, I only see one of the most comical motion pictures of all time. Most of the lead actors have never done comedy so well; each is hilarious, a credit to the writing. The music is superb and the (uncredited) voice of the great John Dehner narrating a frankly preposterous fictional set of clashes as though they were embarrassing history is a triumph. With such memorable lines as "Not on my bear rug!" to "... and I hate the Indians!" to a simple "Oh dear" to "...and a good Republican", this is a classic to treasure and watch again and again.