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Along the Great Divide

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Along the Great Divide (1951)
Western
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2K
YOUR RATING
    • Raoul Walsh
    • Walter Doniger(screenplay)
    • Lewis Meltzer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kirk Douglas
    • Virginia Mayo
    • John Agar
    • Raoul Walsh
    • Walter Doniger(screenplay)
    • Lewis Meltzer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kirk Douglas
    • Virginia Mayo
    • John Agar
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Kirk Douglas while filmig "Along The Great Divide" 1950 Warner Bros.
    Kirk Douglas and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas, Walter Brennan, and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas, Walter Brennan, and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)
    Kirk Douglas, John Agar, Walter Brennan, and Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide (1951)

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    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • Marshal Len Merrick
    Virginia Mayo
    Virginia Mayo
    • Ann Keith
    John Agar
    John Agar
    • Billy Shear
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Timothy 'Pop' Keith
    Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    • Deputy Lou Gray
    Hugh Sanders
    Hugh Sanders
    • Frank Newcombe
    Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum
    • Ed Roden
    James Anderson
    James Anderson
    • Dan Roden
    Charles Meredith
    Charles Meredith
    • Judge Marlowe
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Defense Counsel
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
    • Juror
    • (uncredited)
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    • Sheriff
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Clark
    Steve Clark
    • Witness Weaver
    • (uncredited)
    Russell Custer
    • Hanging Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Darrell
    Steve Darrell
    • Prosecutor
    • (uncredited)
    Al Ferguson
    Al Ferguson
    • Bailiff
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Garcio
    Joe Garcio
    • Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Augie Gomez
    • Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
      • Raoul Walsh
      • Walter Doniger(screenplay) (story)
      • Lewis Meltzer(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Kirk Douglas' first western.
    • Goofs
      When Dan Roden escapes into the barn at the end of the film, he is holding only the gun he seizes (having just been brought from jail, he had no weapon). After emptying the gun, he suddenly is seen reloading the weapon and magically now has a gun belt on and a furious gunfight ensues. Where did the gun belt and ammunition come from?
    • Quotes

      Ned Roden: Who are you?

      Marshal Len Merrick: My name's Merrick. I'm United States Marshal here.

      Ned Roden: You're new in the territory.

      Marshal Len Merrick: The law isn't.

    • Connections
      Featured in The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Down in the Valley
      (uncredited)

      (a.k.a. "Birmingham Jail")

      Traditional American folk song

      Sung by Walter Brennan and Virginia Mayo

    User reviews31

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    A grandiose title for a low-budget western starring Kirk Douglas...
    The heavy-handed script of ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE puts every possible obstacle in the way of a saintly sheriff (KIRK DOUGLAS) intent on bringing a suspected murderer to justice and away from the men who want to lynch him for killing a rancher's son.

    The plot gets off to a good start with a lynching interrupted by good guy Douglas, who saves the neck of WALTER BRENNAN from the hangman's noose. But the plot gets a bit too thick by the time we encounter Brennan's fiery daughter (VIRGINIA MAYO) and the bad men who want to stop Douglas and his party from reaching a town where a jury can decide Brennan's fate.

    Despite the gorgeous outoor scenery filmed in crisp B&W, there's a low-budget look to the night scenes filmed on indoor stage bound sets. Director Raoul Walsh keeps things moving, but the plot is so full of tiresome obstacles and shifting loyalties that the thirsty desert scenes seem to drag as the film nears its conclusion once the party has reached civilization.

    JOHN AGAR is decent enough as Douglas' ill-fated sidekick but it's JAMES ANDERSON as the no good son (brother of the man Brennan is supposed to have killed), who manages to steal scenes with his shifty manner as the villain of the piece. Too bad his career was cut short by his premature death at 48.

    VIRGINIA MAYO is improbably cast and her romance with Douglas is strictly full of clichés as they fight incessantly over his intent on bringing her father to justice. The story is pretty routine and even though the running time is brief, the film runs out of steam before the party reaches its destination in a nearby village so that the finale seems anticlimactic.

    It remains an average western despite the good cast.
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    • Doylenf
    • Jul 25, 2011

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    • Release date
      • June 2, 1951 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Black and White

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