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Pursued

  • 19471947
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
Western
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive ... Read allA boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
25,163
9,681
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    • Director
      • Raoul Walsh
    • Writer
      • Niven Busch(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Teresa Wright
      • Robert Mitchum
      • Judith Anderson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Raoul Walsh
    • Writer
      • Niven Busch(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Teresa Wright
      • Robert Mitchum
      • Judith Anderson
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    • 52User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum, John Rodney, and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum, Virginia Brissac, Tom Fadden, and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Judith Anderson and Dean Jagger in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)
    Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright in Pursued (1947)

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    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    • Thor Callum
    Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    • Jeb Rand
    Judith Anderson
    Judith Anderson
    • Mrs. Callum
    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • Grant Callum
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Jake Dingle
    John Rodney
    John Rodney
    • Adam Callum
    Harry Carey Jr.
    Harry Carey Jr.
    • Prentice
    Clifton Young
    Clifton Young
    • The Sergeant
    Ernest Severn
    • Jeb, age 11
    Charles Bates
    Charles Bates
    • Adam, age 11
    Peggy Miller
    • Thor, age 10
    Norman Jolley
    • A Callum
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    • A Callum
    Elmer Ellingwood
    • A Callum
    Jack Montgomery
    Jack Montgomery
    • A Callum
    Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    • Army Captain
    • (scenes deleted)
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Emile Avery
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Raoul Walsh
    • Writer
      • Niven Busch(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This is the movie Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors) watched on the night he died (July 3, 1971).
    • Goofs
      When Jeb escapes from his homestead in the dead of night, and is pursued by the Callums in a horse race, the scene suddenly shifts from night to day as Jeb attempts to shake off those chasing him.
    • Quotes

      Jeb: [Narrating] One day I rode up in the butte country...

      [Approaching the burned out shell of a cabin]

      Jeb: Came straight to this place just like I'd known the way. There was something in my life that ruined that house. That house was myself.

      [Entering the charred remains]

      Jeb: I'd seen it a million times before... the fireplace... the trap door...

      [Walking outside again]

      Jeb: Out back there was some cattle bones. All of a sudden I couldn't breathe, and then as I walked around the side, I came upon some unmarked graves. If that house was me, what part of me was buried in those graves?

    • Connections
      Featured in Grass (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Wedding March
      (uncredited)

      Written by Felix Mendelssohn

      Incorporated in score during Thor's marriage to Jeb. in Steiner

    User reviews52

    Review
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    Mitchum's sleepy eyes make sense
    `Pursued' is ranked among Walsh's best westerns. It's inferior to `Colorado Territory' (probably Walsh's best), but forms a trilogy of underrated masterpieces with `Along the great divide' and `Gun fury'.

    This peculiar film incorporates elements of the film noir, a genre frequently visited by the director. The story unfolds through a series of flashbacks in which the hero Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) struggles to evoke an obscure incident of his early childhood. This memory might give him the key to deal with a series of tragedies that take place one after the other with no apparent reason.

    The film loses its logic early on, and we are so engaged in Walsh's storytelling, that we don't mind. Nothing makes sense here. Everything is disconnected, from Theresa Wright's progression into blind revenge (she wants to marry Jeb to shoot him on his wedding night), to Micthum's stoic acceptance of his misfortunes. All might be dictated by luck (the flipping of the coin, the casino), but that luck can be manipulated too (the wheel of fortune incident, later picked up by Lang in `Rancho Notorious').

    This is not John Ford's contemporary universe ruled by tradition and heroism. In fact, the film's tone anticipates the pessimistic mood of Ford's `The Searchers'. `Pursued' is like a farewell to classicism, is turning away from an era fell down like the hero's cottage. Walsh is opening the door to a new expressionism in western, eventually taken over by Mann and Boetticher.

    In this film, whose dramatic structure is as pure as a greek tragedy, even celebrations are sad, as when Mitch comes as a hero of war. Right during the welcoming there's plotting against him going on. The star here is James Wong Howe's photography. The interiors are sombre, the exteriors are wasted. The night scenes are as nocturne as any western ever portrayed. The funeral scene is pure pictorial ciaroscure. The overwhelming landscape of Gallup, New Mexico (used again in `Colorado Territory') acquire a dramatic and oppressive meaning, significant enough to match Ford's utilization of Monument Valley.

    Walsh's direction turns a standard script into a sordid exploration of human misery. It could have take the form of a dream (Mitchum appears like a sleepwalker throughout the entire film), but thanks to Howe's outstanding photo and Steiner's powerful score, it developed into a nightmare.
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    • Mar 16, 2003

    FAQ1

    • JEB Stuart is abbreviation of James Ewell Brown Stuat

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 29, 1947 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Späte Rache
    • Filming locations
      • Gallup, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • United States Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • £610,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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