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Cattle Empire

  • 19581958
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 23m
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6.1/10
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Phyllis Coates and Joel McCrea in Cattle Empire (1958)
Released from prison, a trail boss is solicited by rival cattle barons to drive their respective cattle herds to Fort Clemson.
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Released from prison, a trail boss is solicited by rival cattle barons to drive their respective cattle herds to Fort Clemson.Released from prison, a trail boss is solicited by rival cattle barons to drive their respective cattle herds to Fort Clemson.Released from prison, a trail boss is solicited by rival cattle barons to drive their respective cattle herds to Fort Clemson.
IMDb RATING
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706
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    • Charles Marquis Warren
  • Writers
    • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
    • Eric Norden(screenplay)
    • Daniel B. Ullman(story)
  • Stars
    • Joel McCrea
    • Gloria Talbott
    • Don Haggerty
    • Charles Marquis Warren
  • Writers
    • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
    • Eric Norden(screenplay)
    • Daniel B. Ullman(story)
  • Stars
    • Joel McCrea
    • Gloria Talbott
    • Don Haggerty
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    • 21User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    • John Cord
    Gloria Talbott
    Gloria Talbott
    • Sandy Jeffrey
    Don Haggerty
    Don Haggerty
    • Ralph Hamilton
    Phyllis Coates
    Phyllis Coates
    • Janice Hamilton
    Bing Russell
    Bing Russell
    • Douglas Hamilton
    Richard Shannon
    Richard Shannon
    • Garth
    Paul Brinegar
    Paul Brinegar
    • Tom Jefferson Jeffrey
    Charles H. Gray
    Charles H. Gray
    • Tom Powis
    • (as Charles Gray)
    Hal K. Dawson
    • George Washington Jeffrey
    Patrick O'Moore
    Patrick O'Moore
    • Rex Cogswell
    Duane Grey
    Duane Grey
    • Juan Aruzza
    William McGraw
    • Jim Whittaker
    • (as Bill McGraw)
    Jack Lomas
    • Sheriff Brewster
    Jimmie Booth
    • Vaquero
    • (uncredited)
    Nesdon Booth
    • Barkeep
    • (uncredited)
    Howard Culver
    Howard Culver
    • Preacher
    • (uncredited)
    Art Felix
    Art Felix
    • Vaquero
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Folkerson
    • Cowhand
    • (uncredited)
      • Charles Marquis Warren
    • Writers
      • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
      • Eric Norden(screenplay)
      • Daniel B. Ullman(story)
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    • Trivia
      Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines , Charles H. Gray and Rocky Shahan all went on to co-star in the TV series Rawhide (1959).
    • Goofs
      Joel McCrea was wearing a yellow vest talking outside saloon with two buddies. When they entered the saloon seconds later, he was not wearing vest.When he eventually leaves the saloon he walks towards the door and is next seen by his horse and is then wearing his yellow waistcoat again.
    • Quotes

      John Cord: Nobody in his right mind could ask John Cord to move a herd now.

      Ralph Hamilton: Nobody but John Cord could move a herd this size - five thousand head full of ringers.

      John Cord: I'm lookin' at this room. It doesn't make me think you're desperate... doesn't make me think movin' five thousand head of cattle is life or death.

      Ralph Hamilton: Rooms don't change much but bank accounts do.

    • Soundtracks
      The Cowboy's Lament (Streets of Laredo)
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Arranged by Paul Sawtell

      Sung by Don Haggerty

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    5/10
    The Town Of Hamilton Bids You Welcome.
    Joel McCrea stars as a trail boss falsely imprisoned for his men's misdemeanours. Released and suffering at the hands of an unforgiving and irate town, he's hired by a blind Don Haggerty to drive his herd - but Haggerty has his own agenda's on this trip.

    A routine Western that is chiefly saved from the bottom rung by the presence of Joel McCrea. McCrea was a real life cowboy type who owned and worked out of a ranch in California, thus he gives this standard Oater a naturalistic core from which to tell the story. If only they could have given him some decent actors to work with, and, or, a bolder script, then this might have turned out better than it did.

    Directed by Charles Marquis Warren (more famed for TV work like Gunsmoke and his writing than movie directing), the piece is scripted by Daniel B. Ullman, a prolific "B" western script specialist of the 1950s. This, however, is far from being a good effort from his pen. Shot in CinemaScope with colour by DeLuxe, it thankfully at least proves to be most pleasing on the eye. Brydon Baker proving to be yet another cinematographer seemingly inspired by the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, locations.

    Away from the turgid story there's a classical big Western shoot-out to enjoy, while a Mano-Mano shoot out set among the Alabama rocks towards the end is nicely handled. But the good technical aspects are bogged down by the roll call of by the numbers gruff cowboy characters, and worse still is a two-fold romantic strand that is so weak it beggars belief. All of which is acted in keeping with such an unimaginatively put together series of sub-plots masquerading as a revenge thriller. For McCrea this film is worth a watch - as it is for its beauty (the print is excellent), but in spite of the old fashioned appeal, and a couple of action high points, it remains borderline dull.

    McCrea and the audience deserve far better. 5/10
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      • April 28, 1958 (Sweden)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Emirau Productions
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