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11/06/1949 Western, Crime, Romance 1h 34m
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A mighty, memorable new adventure hurtling out of the heroic vastness of Colorado Territory.

Overview

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

  1. Raoul Walsh

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    Wes McQueen

  2. Virginia Mayo

    Colorado Carson

  3. Dorothy Malone

    Julie Ann Winslow

  4. Henry Hull

    Fred Winslow

  5. John Archer

    Reno Blake

  6. James Mitchell

    Duke Harris

  7. Morris Ankrum

    United States Marshal

  8. Basil Ruysdael

    Dave Rickard ('The Old Man')

  9. Frank Puglia

    Brother Tomas

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-07-12
Territorial Doom.

Colorado Territory is directed by Raoul Walsh and adapted to screenplay by Edmund H. North and John Twist from the novel "High Sierra" written by W.R. Burnett. It stars Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone and Henry Hull. Music is by David Buttolph and cinematography by Sidney Hickox.

Raoul Walsh remakes his own High Sierra from 1941 but supplants it into a Western genre setting - with tremendous results.

McCrea plays outlaw Wes McQueen who springs from prison and vows to go straight, but with a price on his head he is coerced into one last railroad robbery. If...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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