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Yellow Sky

1948Movie1 h 38 minNR

87

ExcellentGoodWatch score

87

ExcellentGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Teens

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Puts you inside a crime.
Gets your pulse racing.
Keeps you on edge.

Not for laughs, scares or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+24)
Critics 100Audiences 76GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer100%
Audience score78%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for westerns, −9 min on the typical 107
typical 10798
Half of all westerns run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1948
December 24, 1948
78 years ago
Genre
Western
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
22 of 22
Directing · 3
William A. Wellman Director
William Eckhardt Assistant Director
Stanley K. Scheuer Script Supervisor
Writing · 3
Lamar Trotti Screenplay, Producer
W.R. Burnett Story
William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Production · 1
Robert R. Snody Production Manager
Camera · 4
Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
Frank Cory Grip
Eugene Korman Still Photographer
Til Gabani Camera Operator
Editing · 2
Harmon Jones Editor
Lyman Hallowell Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
Alfred Newman Original Music Composer
Bernard Freericks Sound
Harry M. Leonard Sound
Edward B. Powell Orchestrator
Art · 4
Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Ernest Lansing Set Decoration
Thomas Little Set Decoration
Albert Hogsett Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 5
Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Charles LeMaire Costume Supervisor
Kay Reed Hairstylist
Frank Prehoda Makeup Artist
Sam Benson Wardrobe Master
Visual Effects · 1
Fred Sersen Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
Other crew · 3
Jock Mahoney Stunt Double
Curly Twiford Animal Coordinator
Martha Crawford Stunt Double

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