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01/04/1958 Western 1h 23m
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The war of the ranch kings stampedes the West's wildest cattle empire

Overview

After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen to drive their cattle to Fort Clemson. Complicating matters, a rival cattle baron also hires the cattle driver to lead his herd.

  1. Charles Marquis Warren

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    John Cord

  2. Gloria Talbott

    Sandy Jeffrey

  3. Don Haggerty

    Ralph Hamilton

  4. Phyllis Coates

    Janice Hamilton

  5. Bing Russell

    Douglas Hamilton

  6. Richard Shannon

    Garth

  7. Paul Brinegar

    Tom Jefferson Jeffrey

  8. Charles H. Gray

    Tom Powis (as Charles Gray)

  9. Art Felix

    Vaquero (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-05
Joel McCrea holds this cattle-driving western together competently enough as "Cord", a man who must get his huge herd of cows to market. Problem is, one herd belongs to the citizens of a town that he let his previous crew trash - earning him a five year spell in jail. The other herd is owned by a competitor - so no easy task here for the man. Unusually for the genre, and thankfully here, we have a rather more feisty and independently minded leading lady in the form of "Sandy" (Gloria Talbott) who has just a little of the Barbara Stanwyck about her as the trail progresses. Regrettably, though, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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