Details

Release year: 1948

Storyline

Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Wise

Writers

Cast

Robert Mitchum — Jim Garry
Barbara Bel Geddes — Amy Lufton
Robert Preston — Tate Riling
Walter Brennan — Kris Barden

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Did you know

• Because director Robert Wise thought that it was unnatural that the winner of a Western brawl usually finished the fight vigorously, he made it a point that both fighters would be exhausted and worn out at the end of this one. The scene took three days to shoot and no stuntmen or doubles were used to keep it as realistic as possible. Many contemporary reviewers noted the brawl was the highlight of the picture.

• Walter Brennan, an Old West aficionado and historian, saw Robert Mitchum walk onto the set in costume and said, "That is the god-damnedest realest cowboy I've ever seen!"

• For the night scenes director Robert Wise and cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca chose to use infrared film, despite problems it could cause with tones of clothes and makeup.