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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 14%, Metacritic 41/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 174 1950s western movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Burt LancasterDirector
- A.B. Guthrie Jr.Screenplay
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt LancasterElias Wakefield
- Dianne FosterHannah Bolen
- Walter MatthauStan Bodine
- Diana LynnSusie Spann
- Donald MacDonaldLittle Eli Wakefield
- John McIntireZack Wakefield
- Una MerkelSophie Wakefield
- John CarradineZiby Fletcher
- John LitelPleasant Tuesday Babson
- Rhys WilliamsConstable
- Edward NorrisRoulette Dealer
- Will WrightJohn Decker (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
texasfrontiersman