Great Day in the Morning

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Great Day in the Morning
Directed by	Jacques Tourneur
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews (story) Lesser Samuels (screenplay)
Starring	Robert Stack Virginia Mayo
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	16 May 1956
Running time	92 min.
Language	English
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Great Day In The Morning is a 1956 film, directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Stack and Virginia Mayo, set in 1860s Denver.

[edit] Plot and overview

The film centers on Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) from North Carolina, who comes to Denver on a whim encounter with Ann Merry Alaine (Virginia Mayo) and her posse, who's going there to open a dress shop. When they get to Denver, Owen enters a hotel saloon, and wins a poker game with the owner, who bet his estate on this last game. Along with the hotel comes Boston Grant (Ruth Roman). Both of the women in the town begin to fall for Owen. Owen however has money on his mind, and the gold of the town's confederates is what is revealed he went there for originally. But the predominantly union town wants the gold, and with the civil war approaching, the town is split. Owen leads the Southerners into a last escape attempt with the gold.

[edit] External links

• Great Day In The Morning at the Internet Movie Database

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