Country: USA
Year: 1952
Duration: 91'
Glyn McLynstock is an outlaw who has had a change of heart. He sets himself at the head of a pioneer wagon train heading to Oregon, where he wants to settle down and raise cattle. When the pioneers arrive in Portland, they buy food and clothing from a local shop owner, Tom Hendricks, who promises them that the merchandise will be delivered before winter begins. But the months pass and there is no sign of the supplies. Glyn returns to Portland and discovers that Hendricks is trying to sell their supplies to a group of gold diggers.
Biography
film director
Anthony Mann
Anthony Mann (San Diego, CA, USA, 1906 - Berlin, Germany, 1967), born Emil Anton Bundmann, began his career, after having been an actor and theater manager, in 1938 as a collaborator of David O. Selznick. After making a low-budget noir and crime director, he became popular in the 1950s with some westerns starring James Stewart. He then dedicated himself to other genres with films The Glenn Miller Story (1954). In the 1960s he worked in Europe, creating blockbusters such as El Cid (id., 1961) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).
FILMOGRAFIA
The Great Flamarion (La fine della signora Wallace, 1945), T-Men (T-Men contro i fuorilegge, 1947), Raw Deal (Schiavo della furia, 1948), He Walked by Night (Egli camminava nella notte, 1948), The Furies (Le furie, 1950), Devil’s Doorway (Il passo del diavolo, 1950), Winchester ‘73 (1950), The Tall Target (Bersaglio eccellente, 1951), Bend of the River (Là dove scende il fiume, 1952), Thunder Bay (La baia del tuono, 1953), The Naked Spur (Lo sperone nudo, 1953), The Far Country (Terra lontana, 1955), The Man from Laramie (L’uomo di Laramie, 1955), The Last Frontier (L’ultima frontiera, 1955), Man of the West (Dove la terra scotta, 1958), God’s Little Acre (Il piccolo campo, 1958), Cimarron (1960), The Heroes of Telemark (Gli eroi di Telemark, 1965), Dandy in Aspic (Sull’orlo della paura, 1968).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Anthony Mann.
Plot: da un romanzo di Bill Gurlick.
Screenplay: Borden Chase.
Director of photography: Irving Glassberg.
Art director: Bernard Herzbrun, Nathan Juran.
Costume designer: Rosemary Odell.
Editor: Russell Schoengarth.
Music: Hans J. Salter.
Cast and characters: James Stewart (Glyn McLyntock), Arthur Kennedy (Emerson Cole), Julie Adams (Laura Baile), Rock Hudson (Trey Wilson), Lori Nelson (Marjie Baile), Jay C. Flippen (Jeremy Baile).
Production company: Aaron Rosenberg per Universal.
Plot: da un romanzo di Bill Gurlick.
Screenplay: Borden Chase.
Director of photography: Irving Glassberg.
Art director: Bernard Herzbrun, Nathan Juran.
Costume designer: Rosemary Odell.
Editor: Russell Schoengarth.
Music: Hans J. Salter.
Cast and characters: James Stewart (Glyn McLyntock), Arthur Kennedy (Emerson Cole), Julie Adams (Laura Baile), Rock Hudson (Trey Wilson), Lori Nelson (Marjie Baile), Jay C. Flippen (Jeremy Baile).
Production company: Aaron Rosenberg per Universal.