Colorado Territory (film)
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| Colorado Territory | |
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 Colorado Territory movie poster |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Anthony Veiller |
| Written by | W.R. Burnett (novel High Sierra - uncredited) Edmund H. North John Twist |
| Starring | Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Sid Hickox |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1949 U.S. release |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Colorado Territory is a 1949 film western remake of the 1941 film noir High Sierra. Raoul Walsh, who directed High Sierra also directed this film. It was the first film premiered at a drive-in theater.
[edit] Plot
Joel McCrea plays veteran outlaw Wes McQueen (Humphrey Bogart in the original) who hopes to pull off one last, big railroad heist. McQueen doesn't care for his new partners - except perhaps Colorado Carson (Virginia Mayo) a dance-hall girl who may be the only person who genuinely cares about his well-being. McQueen, meanwhile, also has eyes for Julie Ann who is newly arrived from the east and setting up home with her father.
With a $10,000 reward on his head, McQueen making a futile bid for escape to the mountains, with tragic consequences.
This story was remade again in 1955 as I Died a Thousand Times with Jack Palance and Shelley Winters.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Joel McCrea | Wes McQueen |
| Virginia Mayo | Colorado Carson |
| Dorothy Malone | Julie Ann Winslow |
| Henry Hull | Fred Winslow |
| John Archer | Reno Blake |
| James Mitchell | Duke Harris |
| Morris Ankrum | United States Marshal |
| Basil Ruysdael | Dave Rickard |
| Frank Puglia | Brother Tomas |
| Ian Wolfe | Homer Wallace |
