The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 115 1940s western movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Lillie HaywardScreenplay
- Robert WiseDirector
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert MitchumJim Garry
- Barbara Bel GeddesAmy Lufton
- Robert PrestonTate Riling
- Walter BrennanKris Barden
- Phyllis ThaxterCarol Lufton
- Frank FaylenJake Pindalest
- Tom TullyJohn Lufton
- Charles McGrawMilo Sweet
- Clifton YoungJoe Shotten
- Tom TylerFrank Reardon
- George CooperFred Barden
- Tom KeeneTed Elser
Stills
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Themes
daughtercattle drivehomesteaderdriftercattle baronherdcorrupt officialneighbor feudwestern noircowboysrancher