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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Calamity Jane | |
| Howard Duff | ... | Sam Bass | |
| Dorothy Hart | ... | Katherine 'Kathy' Egan | |
| Willard Parker | ... | Sheriff William 'Will' Egan | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Jim Murphy aka Gordon | |
| Lloyd Bridges | ... | Joel Collins | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Harry Dean | |
| Houseley Stevenson | ... | Dakota | |
| Milburn Stone | ... | Abe Jones | |
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Clifton Young | ... | Link |
| John Rodney | ... | Morgan | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Marshal Peak | |
| Ann Doran | ... | Mrs. Lucy Egan | |
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Charles Cane | ... | J. Wells |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Doc Purdy | |
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Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords:
sam bass | romantic rivalry | romantic triangle | brother sister relationship | cowboy horse relationship |Taglines:
Branding their outlaw names ... into the fiery fame of the West !Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 July 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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1.37 : 1
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Sam Bass: It's just like anything else. Decide where you want to go, then get there the best way you can.
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Some of the cattle drive scenes were lifted from the Universal film 'Cattle Drive' [1950]. See more »Quotes
Joel Collins: I've never seen anybody take to anything the way you have a gun. A man would think you've been shooting all your life.Sam Bass: It's just like anything else. Decide where you want to go, then get there the best way you can.
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This is an offbeat western ,one of the rare ones which does not have a Hollywood happy end . The screenplay features historical characters ,including Calamity Jane ,played by the wonderful Yvonne De Carlo ,who is as much at ease in the part of a Wild West girl as she is when she 's Countess of Castiglione or Mosis's wife .
According to IMDb reliable source ,the two "heroes" never met in real life ,but it does not matter.In the movie,Sam is a born loser,illiterate ,deprived of his money by a wicked uncle,and a dreaming man .All he does backfires on him and even with the help of two women in love with him,he is pursued by fate .Against all odds ,he does believe his mare is still alive but the pursuit of his dream is in vain.Howard Duff 's wooden acting does not get in the way for his character becomes an outlaw by accident and most of the time,he is overtaken by events.