Country: USA
Year: 1955
Duration: 97'
1896. Jeff Webster, a cattle breeder, is traveling by sea with his herd of cattle, and is unjustly accused of homicide. He manages to avoid being captured thanks to the help of Rhonda Castle, who hides him in her cabin. But once he disembarks from the boat he is arrested by Sheriff Gannon. In jail, he meets Renée, the daughter of a doctor who is being persecuted by Gannon. Rhonda manages to get him released from jail and goes with him to Dawson, where she runs a saloon. But Jeff wants to get his cattle and returns to the city. The citizens are tired of Gannon's injustices, and offer his job to Jeff.
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 Ernest Haycox.
Screenplay: Borden Chase.
Director of photography: William Daniels.
Art director: Bernard Herzbrun, Alexander Golitzen.
Costume designer: Jay Morley Jr.
Editor: Russell Schoengarth.
Music: Joseph Gershenson.
Cast and characters: James Stewart (Jeff Webster), Ruth Roman (Rhonda Castle), Corinne Calvet (Renée Vallon), Walter Brennan (Ben Tatum), John McIntire (sceriffo Gannon), Jay C. Flippen (Rube).
Production company: Aaron Rosenberg per Universal.
Plot: da un romanzo di Ernest Haycox.
Screenplay: Borden Chase.
Director of photography: William Daniels.
Art director: Bernard Herzbrun, Alexander Golitzen.
Costume designer: Jay Morley Jr.
Editor: Russell Schoengarth.
Music: Joseph Gershenson.
Cast and characters: James Stewart (Jeff Webster), Ruth Roman (Rhonda Castle), Corinne Calvet (Renée Vallon), Walter Brennan (Ben Tatum), John McIntire (sceriffo Gannon), Jay C. Flippen (Rube).
Production company: Aaron Rosenberg per Universal.