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11/05/1950 Western 1h 30m
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"Take Your Choice...Either I Speak...Or My Pistols Do!"

Overview

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.

  1. Jacques Tourneur

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    Josiah Doziah Gray

  2. Ellen Drew

    Harriet Gray

  3. Dean Stockwell

    John Kenyon

  4. Alan Hale

    Jed Isbell

  5. Lewis Stone

    Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

  6. James Mitchell

    Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.

  7. Amanda Blake

    Faith Radmore Samuels

  8. Juano Hernández

    Uncle Famous Prill

  9. Charles Kemper

    Prof. Sam Houston Jones

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2018-03-26
Yellow backs in fancy dress.

Stars in My Crown is directed by Jacques Tourneur and written by Joe David Brown and Margaret Fitts. It stars Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale, Lewis Stone, James Mitchell, Amanda Blake and Juano Hernandez. Music is by Adolph Deutsch and cinematography by Charles Schoenbaum.

It's post the American Civil War and we are in the Southern town of Walsburg. Preacher Josiah Gray (McCrea) arrives in town and promptly settles down to become an important part of the community. Soon he will come face to face with two killer diseases, that of typhoid an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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