The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends the Daltons, he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member, Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seeking refuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member, he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America, but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girl promises to wait.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Louis StevensScreenplay
- Budd BoetticherDirector
Cast
- Audie MurphyBill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
- Beverly TylerCarrie Roberts
- James BestBitter Creek Dalton
- Yvette DuguayCimarron Rose Adams (as Yvette Dugay)
- John HudsonDynamite Dick Dalton
- Hugh O'BrianRed Buck
- Roy RobertsPat Roberts
- David BauerSam Swanson
- Noah Beery Jr.Bob Dalton (as Noah Beery)
- Leif EricksonMarshal John Sutton
- John HubbardGeorge Weber
- Frank SilveraStacey Marshall
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Themes
shootouttrain