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Return of the Texan

  • 19521952
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
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6.8/10
150
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Return of the Texan (1952)
DramaRomanceWestern
During the 1950s, after many years in Kansas City, widower Sam Crockett, his 2 children and his grandpa return to their abandoned family farm in Texas and face many difficulties.During the 1950s, after many years in Kansas City, widower Sam Crockett, his 2 children and his grandpa return to their abandoned family farm in Texas and face many difficulties.During the 1950s, after many years in Kansas City, widower Sam Crockett, his 2 children and his grandpa return to their abandoned family farm in Texas and face many difficulties.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
150
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    • Delmer Daves
    • Fred Gipson(novel "The Home Place")
    • Dudley Nichols
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Joanne Dru
    • Walter Brennan
    • Delmer Daves
    • Fred Gipson(novel "The Home Place")
    • Dudley Nichols
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Joanne Dru
    • Walter Brennan
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Return of the Texan (1952)
    Return of the Texan (1952)
    Walter Brennan, Dennis Ross, and Lonnie Thomas in Return of the Texan (1952)
    Richard Boone, Joanne Dru, and Dale Robertson in Return of the Texan (1952)
    Walter Brennan, Dale Robertson, and Tom Tully in Return of the Texan (1952)
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    Dale Robertson
    Dale Robertson
    • Sam Crockett
    Joanne Dru
    Joanne Dru
    • Ann Marshall
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Grandpa Firth Crockett
    Richard Boone
    Richard Boone
    • Rod Murray
    Tom Tully
    Tom Tully
    • Stud Spiller
    Robert Horton
    Robert Horton
    • Dr. Jim Harris
    Helen Westcott
    Helen Westcott
    • Averill Murray
    Lonnie Thomas
    • Yo-Yo Crockett
    Dennis Ross
    Dennis Ross
    • Steve Crockett
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Red - Foreman
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    • Isham Gilder
    • (uncredited)
    Lovyss Bradley
    Lovyss Bradley
    • Theatre Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Aileen Carlyle
    • Cordy Spiller
    • (uncredited)
    Linda Green
    • Spiller Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Hayward
    • Purdy
    • (uncredited)
    Merrill McCormick
    Merrill McCormick
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Montgomery
    Jack Montgomery
    • Theatre Patron
    • (uncredited)
      • Delmer Daves
      • Fred Gipson(novel "The Home Place")
      • Dudley Nichols
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Linda Green.
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Fence Me In
      (uncredited)

      Written by Cole Porter

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    Life is precious.
    A "modern" western by a specialist of the genre,"return of the Texan" is an endearing film,if only for its simplicity and for Dudley Nichols's interesting script.The writer walks a fine line between drama and a happy-go-lucky attitude,epitomized by the rather dull hero (the Texan who returns home after his wife's death in the city) and his reckless grandpa ,roguishly portrayed by Walter Brennan.The generation gap in reverse.Besides ,every time the plot seems to turn tragic (shots in the woods,the old man's stroke,the threat of seizure -the banker's letter is not what we expect-),dramatic impact is immediately defused.The rivalry between the hick and the doctor always remains friendly,never the two men show any animosity or hard feelings.The villain,Richard Boone,is the only real flaw of the story,the part being underwritten to a fault.

    The tragedy only happens at the very end ,but all in all ,it's not really one,after all,c'est la vie.The next to last scene is the best:Delmer Daves' s love for nature -which was radiant in "broken arrow"-shines as grandpa explains to his two little boys,Steve and "Yo-Yo" how precious life is.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Nov 23, 2003

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    • Release date
      • June 16, 1952 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Springerville, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
      • Black and White

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