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Cast verified as complete
Teresa Wright | ... |
Thor Callum
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Robert Mitchum | ... |
Jeb Rand
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Judith Anderson | ... |
Mrs. Callum
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Dean Jagger | ... |
Grant Callum
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Alan Hale | ... |
Jake Dingle
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John Rodney | ... |
Adam Callum
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Harry Carey Jr. | ... |
Prentice
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Clifton Young | ... |
The Sergeant
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Ernest Severn | ... |
Jeb, age 11
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Charles Bates | ... |
Adam, age 11
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Peggy Miller | ... |
Thor, age 10
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Norman Jolley | ... |
A Callum
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Lane Chandler | ... |
A Callum
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Elmer Ellingwood | ... |
A Callum
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Jack Montgomery | ... |
A Callum
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Ray Teal | ... |
Army Captain (scenesDeleted)
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Erville Alderson | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Emile Avery | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Walter Bacon | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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John Bose | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Rudy Bowman | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Virginia Brissac | ... |
Woman at the wedding (uncredited)
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Nora Bush | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Jess Cavin | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Russ Clark | ... |
Drill Master (uncredited)
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Tex Cooper | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Ben Corbett | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Jack Davis | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Lester Dorr | ... |
Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)
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Harry Evans | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Tom Fadden | ... |
The Minister (uncredited)
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Slim Gaut | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Bobbie Hale | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Carl Harbaugh | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Scotty Hugenberg | ... |
Jed, age 4 (uncredited)
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Kathy Jeanne Johnson | ... |
Thorley, age 3 (uncredited)
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Jack Kenny | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Kay Koury | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Al Kunde | ... |
Minister (uncredited)
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Harry Lamont | ... |
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
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Mickey Little | ... |
Adam, age 4 (uncredited)
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Ian MacDonald | ... |
A Callum (uncredited)
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Charles Miller | ... |
Coachman (uncredited)
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Kansas Moehring | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Jack Perrin | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Jessie Proctor | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Ervin Richardson | ... |
Jeb's Father (uncredited)
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John Roy | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Sherman Sanders | ... |
Square Dance Caller (uncredited)
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Paul Scardon | ... |
Juryman (uncredited)
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Allen D. Sewall | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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George Sowards | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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William Sundholm | ... |
Juryman (uncredited)
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Jack Tornek | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Dorothy Vernon | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Louise Volding | ... |
Jeb's Mother (uncredited)
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Eddy Waller | ... |
Ben McComber (uncredited)
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Glen Walters | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Crane Whitley | ... |
General (uncredited)
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Chalky Williams | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Ian Wolfe | ... |
Coroner (uncredited)
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Directed by
Raoul Walsh |
Written by
Niven Busch | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Milton Sperling | ... | producer |
Music by
Max Steiner |
Cinematography by
James Wong Howe | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Christian Nyby |
Art Direction by
Ted Smith |
Set Decoration by
Jack McConaghy |
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Russell Saunders | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Francis J. Scheid | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
William C. McGann | ... | special effects director (as William McGann) |
Willard Van Enger | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Allen Pomeroy | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Audrey Scott | ... | stunt double: Judith Anderson (uncredited) |
Terry Wilson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leah Rhodes | ... | wardrobe |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Murray Cutter | ... | orchestrator |
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
Maurice Murphy | ... | dialogue director |
Terry Wilson | ... | horse wrangler (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1947) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1947) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1947) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1948) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1948) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1948) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Central (1949) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Dragon Interfilm (1962) (Italy) (theatrical) (reissue)
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1973) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1973) (West Germany) (tv)
- National Telefilm Associates (NTA) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Malo Video (1995) (Canada) (VHS)
- Worldvision Enterprises (1996) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Artisan Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD) (For Republic Pictures)
- Paramount Television (2003) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (VHS)
- Jeunesse kikaku (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
- Olive Films (2012) (Canada) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Olive Films (2012) (United States) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Swashbuckler Films (2015) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- NHK BS Premium (2022) (Japan) (tv) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
After his family is murdered in the 1880s, orphan Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) is raised by the Callum family on their nearby horse ranch. He remains haunted by this childhood trauma in a recurring nightmare of flashing spurs and confinement inside a trap door as his family is slaughtered. Widow Callum (Dame Judith Anderson) does her best to make Jeb feel loved as he is growing up, but the young man stubbornly maintains a sense of his own identity. While he has great affection for his foster-sister Thor (Teresa Wright), his relationship with her brother Adam (John Rodney) is tenuous at best, especially when Jeb blames him for shooting a colt that he was riding. Although Mrs. Callum blames the incident on deer hunters, she is aware that the it was actually the attempted murder of the youngster by her brother-in-law Grant (Dean Jagger), a shadowy figure who, for vague reasons, is determined to harm Jeb. Jeb loses a coin flip with Adam, and becomes the designated family volunteer to fight in the Spanish-American War. Jeb returns a hero, but does not find happiness. Although Thor loves him, Adam is resentful about sharing the farm's profits, and the omnipresent, enigmatic Grant remains at the fringes of Jeb's life, waiting for a chance to revenge himself on the young man in some mysterious vendetta as Jeb continues trying to exorcise his demons. Written by duke1029@aol.com |
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Taglines | Robert Mitchum fights for the love of three people who want to see him dead...his family. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | GBP610,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | This is the movie Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors) watched on the night he died (July 3, 1971). See more » |
Goofs | When Jeb escapes from his homestead in the dead of night, and is pursued by the Callums in a horse race, the scene suddenly shifts from night to day as Jeb attempts to shake off those chasing him. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991). See more » |
Soundtracks | Wedding March See more » |
Quotes |
Jeb:
[Narrating]
One day I rode up in the butte country... [Approaching the burned out shell of a cabin] Jeb: Came straight to this place just like I'd known the way. There was something in my life that ruined that house. That house was myself. [Entering the charred remains] Jeb: I'd seen it a million times before... the fireplace... the trap door... [Walking outside again] Jeb: Out back there was some cattle bones. All of a sudden I couldn't breathe, and then as I walked around the side, I came upon some unmarked graves. If that house was me, what part of me was buried in those graves? See more » |