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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 41 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 70% of the 173 1950s western movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 23m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 41 points higher than audiences do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard ThorpeDirector
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt LancasterOwen Daybright
- Robert WalkerLee Strobie
- Joanne DruJen Strobie
- Sally ForrestLily Fasken
- John IrelandHub Fasken
- Carleton CarpenterHewie
- Ray CollinsArch Strobie
- Ted de CorsiaHerb Backett
- Hugh O'BrianDick Fasken
- Will WrightMr. Willoughby
- Stanley AndrewsMead Calhoun
- Paul E. BurnsDr. Irwin (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
barncattlecattle ranchquick drawpistol duelillegitimate child