Sierra (1950)

A tomboy frontier lawyer finds an outlaw and his son hiding out from a false murder charge.

Director:

Alfred E. Green

Writers:

Stuart Hardy (novel), Edna Anhalt

Stars:

Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Audie Murphy	...	Ring Hassard
Wanda Hendrix	...	Riley Martin
Burl Ives	...	Lonesome
Dean Jagger	...	Jeff Hassard
Richard Rober	...	Big Matt Rango
Tony Curtis	...	Brent Coulter (as Anthony Curtis)
Houseley Stevenson	...	Sam Coulter
Elliott Reid	...	Duke Lafferty
Griff Barnett	...	Dr. Hank Robbins
Elisabeth Risdon	...	Aunt Susan
Roy Roberts	...	Sheriff Knudsen
Gregg Martell	...	Tom Hogan
Sara Allgood	...	Mrs. Jonas
Erskine Sanford	...	Judge Prentiss
John Doucette	...	Jed Coulter

Storyline

Ring Hassard and father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie because Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. But things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who turns out to be a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards; but others would prefer them dead.

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Taglines:

Adventure ... raging to the very peaks of Excitement !

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

During editing, some stock footage from 1949's Red Canyon (1949) was used in the wild horse stampede segment.

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Goofs

The herd of 500 horses is barely even 100 horses.

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Connections

Featured in Biography: Audie Murphy: Great American Hero (1996)

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Soundtracks

END OF THE ROAD
Music by Arnold Schwarzwald (as Arnold Hughes)
Lyrics by Frederick Herbert
Performed by Burl Ives

User Reviews

If I could find this movie on VHS, I would buy it if reasonable.

This is not one of Audie Murphy's better known movies. In fact, hardly anyone has heard of it. I saw it once many years ago, and fell in love with it. I really enjoyed Burl Ives performance also. I have wanted a copy of this movie for my colldection for a long time.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sierra

Filming Locations:

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1