Released Date:
1952-08-19
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (2741 Reviews)
Director:
Howard HawksDudley Nichols (screenplay)
A.B. Guthrie Jr. (novel)
Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men up the Missouri River to get a large haul of furs from friendly Blackfoot Indians. The problem is that they have to get through hostile Indian territory first and they find that they have seriously underestimated the difficulties they will undergo. The large body of men who started the journey are gradually whittled down until only a hardy few, like Deakins, are left.
Released Date:
1957-04-02
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
78 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (2745 Reviews)
Director:
Budd BoetticherBurt Kennedy (screenplay)
Elmore Leonard (based on a story by)
Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and its passengers fall into the hands of a trio of outlaws headed by a man named Usher. When Usher learns that Doretta is the daughter of a rich copper-mine owner, he decides to hold her for ransom. Tension builds over the next 24 hours as Usher awaits a response to his demands and as a romantic attachment grows between Brennan and Doretta.
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