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Release year: 1957

Storyline

Alan Ladd stars as a Kansas cattle rancher battling the elements and corrupt cattle buyers to build a railroad spur to the Rio Grande just after the United States Civil War.

Top credits

Directors

Gordon Douglas

Writers

Cast

Alan Ladd — Chad Morgan
Virginia Mayo — Helen Jagger
Edmond O'Brien — Joe Jagger
Anthony Caruso — Brog

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Did you know

• Four separate sets were built for the town - to show the town being built, to film the burning, after the burning and when it is completed.

• Final film of Julie Bishop.

• Although shot in academy 1.37:1 aspect ratio (for later television airing) the theatrical - or intended (by the studio, producer, director and/or cinematographer) - aspect ratio of this film is 1.85:1 widescreen. Most modern 16x9 (1.77:1) televisions have a "zoom to width" picture option, essentially allowing the viewer to see the film as the director and cinematographer originally planned. It is easy to spot films shot this way since all the titles and credits will still fit when properly cropped (they stay in the middle of the frame vertically), and there is an unusual amount of headroom above the actors in medium and close-up shots when viewed uncropped. Quite often, mistakes - like seeing equipment in the top or bottom of the uncropped frame - would never have been seen by a theater audience.