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Stars in My Crown ()

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In 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.
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Josiah Doziah Gray
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Harriet Gray
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John Kenyon
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Jed Isbell
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Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
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Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
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Faith Radmore Samuels
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Uncle Famous Prill
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Prof. Sam Houston Jones
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Sarah Isbell
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Lon Backett
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Perry Lokey
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Chloroform Wiggins
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Narrator (voice)
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Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
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Annie (uncredited) (voice)
Polly Bailey ...
Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Helen Brown ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Matilda Caldwell ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Clauson ...
Cade Isbell (uncredited)
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Jed Isbell (uncredited)
Fred Datig Jr. ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
Jessica Grayson ...
Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
Eula Guy ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ralph Hodges ...
Tom Isbell (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Ned (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Baron James Lichter ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Patricia Miller ...
Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)
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Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Mrs. Backett (uncredited)
Jimmy Moss ...
Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad ...
Chase Isbell (uncredited)
Frank Pharr ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Pitti ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Alice Richey ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Terry ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Connie Van ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ben Watson ...
Gene Caldwell (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ...
Thad Carroll (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jacques Tourneur

Written by

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Joe David Brown ... (novel)
 
Joe David Brown ... (adaptation)
 
Margaret Fitts ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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William H. Wright ... producer

Music by

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Adolph Deutsch

Cinematography by

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Charles Edgar Schoenbaum ... (as Charles Schoenbaum)

Editing by

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Gene Ruggiero

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons
Eddie Imazu

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup creator
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair style designer

Production Management

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Sergei Petschnikoff ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Dolph Zimmer ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Alfred E. Spencer ... associate set decorator

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor
Standish J. Lambert ... sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Warren Newcombe ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jack Franzen ... grip (uncredited)
Durward Graybill ... still photographer (uncredited)
John Schmitz ... camera operator (uncredited)
Harry Stradling Jr. ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Tucker ... vocal arranger
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Adolph Deutsch ... musical director (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Florence Swan ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners. A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson's interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey's protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining. Grey must face a public-health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey's young nephew John. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines Take your choice ... either I speak ... or my pistols do ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Estrelles a la meva corona (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Estrellas en mi corona (Spain)
  • Pionjärer (Sweden)
  • Les fleurons de ma couronne (Belgium, French title)
  • Corona di stelle (Italy)
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  • 89 min
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Budget $1,175,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Cast includes a young James Arness and Amanda Blake. They appeared together for 19 (of 20) seasons on the television series Gunsmoke (1955) as Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The Vanquished (1953). See more »
Soundtracks Will There Be Any Stars? See more »
Quotes John Kenyon: There's no writin' on here. This ain't a will.
Josiah Doziah Gray: Yes, it is, son. It's the will of God.
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