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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 101 1940s western movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Niven BuschScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Teresa WrightThor
- Robert MitchumJeb
- Judith AndersonMrs. Callum
- Dean JaggerGrant
- Alan HaleJake Dingle
- John RodneyAdam
- Harry Carey Jr.Prentice
- Clifton YoungThe Sergeant
- Ernest SevernJeb, Age 11
- Charles BatesAdam, Age 11
- Peggy MillerThor, Age 10
- Norman JolleyA Callum
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Themes
nightmarebrother-in-lawself-defensechildhood traumafilm noirfoster sisterwestern noirearnest