The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 101 1940s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
70 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Ernest PascalScreenplay
- Ernest HaycoxWriter
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dana AndrewsLogan Stuart
- Brian DonlevyGeorge Camrose
- Susan HaywardLucy Overmire
- Patricia RocCaroline Marsh
- Ward BondHoney Bragg
- Hoagy CarmichaelHi Linnet
- Fay HoldenMrs. Overmire
- Stanley RidgesJonas Overmire
- Lloyd BridgesJohnny Steele
- Andy DevineBen Dance
- Victor CutlerVane Blazier
- Rose HobartMarta Lestrade
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Themes
oregon, usa