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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 101 1940s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Lamar TrottiScreenplay
Cast
- Gregory PeckJames "Stretch" Dawson
- Anne BaxterConstance Mae 'Mike'
- Richard WidmarkDude
- Robert ArthurBull Run
- John RussellLengthy
- Harry MorganHalf Pint
- James BartonGrandpa
- Charles KemperWalrus
- Carlos AcostaIndian (uncredited)
- Robert AdlerJed (uncredited)
- Ray BeltramIndian (uncredited)
- Harry CarterCavalry Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Themes
bank robberdesertghost town19th century1860s