Complete credited cast: | |||
Susan Hayward | ... | Louise Merritt | |
Robert Mitchum | ... | Jeff McCloud | |
Arthur Kennedy | ... | Wes Merritt | |
Arthur Hunnicutt | ... | Booker Davis | |
Frank Faylen | ... | Al Dawson | |
Walter Coy | ... | Buster Burgess | |
Carol Nugent | ... | Rusty Davis | |
Maria Hart | ... | Rosemary Maddox | |
Lorna Thayer | ... | Grace Burgess | |
Burt Mustin | ... | Jeremiah Watrus | |
Karen Randle | ... | Ginny Logan (as Karen King) | |
Jimmie Dodd | ... | Red Logan | |
Eleanor Todd | ... | Babs |
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes and his wife Louise. Wes has big dreams of owning his own little farm, and rodeo winnings could help finance it. Wes convinces Jeff to coach him in the rodeo ways, but Louise has her doubts. She doesn't want her man to end up a broken down rodeo bum like Jeff McCloud. Despite Louise's concern, the threesome hit the road in their Woody, chucking a secure present for an unknown future. Will they find success or sorrow? This picture features plenty of rodeo action and thrills. Written by Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
After viewing this film, it is truly a great 1950's classic with outstanding acting by the entire cast; and a great story with a realistic view of what the Rodeo life really is and the pain and suffering that is experienced by men and woman. Robert Mitchum(Jeff McCloud),"Farewell',My Lovely",'75, played a real calm cool veteran star of the Cowboy game shows and was very successful, but was beginning to show wear and tear. Arthur Kennedy, (Wes Merritt),"Peyton Place",'57, was originally a ranch hand trying to buy his dream house for his wife Louise Merritt,(Susan Hayward),"With A Song in My Heart",'52, and loved her husband very much. However, when Wes Merritt got together with Jeff McCloud, all hell broke loose and Louise did everything she could to hog tie her husband down from very hot women, wild horses, and bulls with angry tempers. Great film, don't miss it, it will be around for many generations to enjoy.