Wild Harvest

Wild Harvest is a 1947 film directed by Tay Garnett. It stars Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour.^[1]

Plot

Joe Madigan's crew harvests wheat for farmers. Jim Davis, a good mechanic who irresponsibly drinks and gambles too much, is fired by his friend, but atones with a heroic act during a fire.

Alperson's rival crew is getting jobs by under-bidding Joe's. A farmer's flirtatious niece, Fay Rankin, finds a field for Joe's workers and then unsuccessfully tries to seduce him. She wants to come along and sets her sights on Jim instead, marrying him.

Fay's interference becomes a problem. Joe ends up owing money and Alperson tries to buy his combines. Fay makes another play for Joe, who calls her "cheap" and "poisonous." Jim catches her slapping Joe, which leads to a fight between the men.

Joe's loyal crew member King catches thievery of wheat by Jim and reports it. Joe, almost broke, is saved again by a penitent Jim, who sells Fay's car, enraging her. Fay finally reveals to Jim that she never loved him at all and that their marriage was a "joke." Joe and Jim team up on a new 3,000-acre job, making them prosperous at last.

Cast

• Alan Ladd as Joe Madigan
• Dorothy Lamour as Fay Rankin
• Robert Preston as Jim Davis
• Lloyd Nolan as Kink
• Richard Erdman as Mark Lewis
• Allen Jenkins as Higgins
• Will Wright as Mike Alperson
• Griff Barnett as Rankin
• Anthony Caruso as Pete
• Walter Sande as Long
• Frank Sully as Nick

Production

The film was based on an original screen story called The Big Haircut by Houston Branch bought by Paramount in 1946. A.I. Bezzerides was hired to work on the script.^[2]

References

External links

• Wild Harvest at the Internet Movie Database