Dallas

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1h 34m

A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.

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Steve Cochran and Barbara Payton in Dallas (1950)

Gary Cooper and Steve Cochran in Dallas (1950)

After Confederate officer Blayde Hollister's home and family are destroyed by the Marlowe Brothers during the Civil War, he swears revenge, refusing to surrender and becoming a wanted man. In order to pursue the three brothers into Texas, Hollister fakes his own death in a staged gunfight with his friend Wild Bill Hickock. He then befriends Martin Weatherby, the newly appointed U.S. Marshal to Dallas, an affable, but not very experienced lawman, who agrees to let Hollister assume his identity. The eldest of the Marlowe brothers, Will, masquerades as a law-abiding real estate dealer while feigning righteous indignation over the brutal acts of lawlessness and violence visited on the honest citizens of Dallas by his sociopathic brothers, Cullen and Bryant. (Their parents were evidently fond of the renowned poet William Cullen Bryant). When Hollister becomes a rival for the affections of Weatherby's aristocratic fiancee Tonia Robles, Martin wonders whether he should let Blayde know that he's been pardoned and free to marry her after the Marlowes have been defeated. —duke1029

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Taglines
- When all of Texas was a powder keg...they lit the fuse!
Genres
- Romance
- Western
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Raymond Massey, a Canadian, was most famous for his repeated movie portrayals of President Lincoln.

Goofs
Each time characters shoot at a can to demonstrate their marksmanship, there is a slight delay between the gunshots and the can's movement. In reality, there would be an almost instantaneous reaction.

Quotes
Flo: You'd get your pockets picked in a graveyard!

Connections
Referenced in Kenjû 0 gô (1959)

Top review

9/10

On my top 10 List

I fail to comprehend these other mediocre reviews. If you like Gary Cooper, this is one of his best roles. His gentle intensity to right a wrong is what made his career. "Blayde Hollister" comes to Dallas to take revenge against Will and Brian Malowe, who burned his Georgia farm and killed his family. An inept Marshall arriving from Boston gets in Hollister's way, attempting to arrest him when interrupted by a street shootout between Hollister and Wild Bill Hickock. The shootout is staged to get the law off Hollister, & he takes the "back East" Marshall under his wing to keep him alive in Texas, as they switch identity. That was a great beginning, and the picture holds up all the way through.

Will Marlowe has positioned himself in Dallas to run for mayor, while his men steal cattle to force foreclosure on the Robles ranch. Brian Marlow, the younger brother, is a loose cannon that keeps getting in the way. Hollister consistently makes a fool out of him, and eventually tosses a black cat across his path, which was truly bad luck.

Action may be a little "slow" by today's standards, but it is one of my top 10 favorite movies.

"That's your last bullet, Will."

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