Virginia Mayo and Joel McCrea in Colorado Territory (1949)

Colorado Territory

Movie1949• Approved• 1h 34m
DramaWestern
⭐ 7.2 / 10(3,511)

Outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 34m
Released
1949
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1949

Storyline

Outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.

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Did you know

• "Colorado Territory" is a remake of the same director's 1941 film High Sierra (1941) with a Western setting.

• The first American movie to be banned in West Germany, due to being 'an example of gangster films which glorify anti-social elements'.

• Henry Hull appeared in both the original gangster film, High Sierra (1941), and this movie. Here he's the good girl's father, and in "High Sierra" he's the doctor who fixes the good girl's club foot.

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

Memorable Forties Western.

šŸ‘ 45 Ā· 11/23/2011
⭐ 8/10

Very entertaining '40's western from Raoul Walsh.

šŸ‘ 31 Ā· 9/29/2006
⭐ 7/10

Harsher and more beautiful than I expected

šŸ‘ 27 Ā· 11/5/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White

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