| Pursued | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Milton Sperling |
| Written by | Niven Busch |
| Starring | Teresa Wright Robert Mitchum Judith Anderson Dean Jagger Alan Hale Harry Carey Jr. Clifton Young |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Editing by | Christian Nyby |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 2, 1947 US release |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
Pursued is a 1947 movie starring Robert Mitchum that combines western, film noir and psychological melodrama. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe.[1]
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Set in New Mexico around the turn of the century and told in flashback, the film tells the story of Jeb (Mitchum) whose entire family was slaughtered when he was a young boy. The vision haunts him into adulthood, but the rest of his childhood is forgotten. When the killers discover that Jeb is the only family member to survive, they vow to kill him too. He spends his life avoiding his unseen assailants, trying to remember his past and find the men responsible for the killings.
It was shot on location in Gallup, New Mexico.
The Bedouin Soundclash song 'Jeb Rand', from the album Sounding a Mosaic is based on the character from the movie.
Jim Morrison, the lead singer for the rock band The Doors, watched this film in a Paris theater a few hours before his death on July 3, 1971.