Summary
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 71
Audience score89%
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 21 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 westerns, −26 min on the typical 107
typical 10781Half of all westerns run 97–122 min.
Released
1950
December 25, 1950
76 years ago
Genre
WesternLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PortugueseMade 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 themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 82
Joel McCreaSheriff Tom Banning
Shelley WintersFrenchie Fontaine
Paul KellyPete Lambert
Elsa LanchesterCountess
Marie WindsorDiane Gorman
John RussellLance Cole
John EmeryClyde Gorman
George ClevelandMayor Jefferson Harding
Regis ToomeyCarter
Paul E. BurnsRednose
Frank FergusonJim Dobbs- VRVincent RennoTony
Lawrence DobkinBartender- LBLucille BarkleyDealer
Victor AdamsonSaloon Patron (uncredited)- MAMarie AllisonDealer (uncredited)
- EAEmile AverySaloon Patron (uncredited)
Al BainSaloon Patron (uncredited)
Shirley BallardDealer (uncredited)- JBJohn BartonTownsman (uncredited)
- PBPhil BloomSaloon Patron (uncredited)
Rudy BowmanSaloon Patron (uncredited)
Chet BrandenburgSaloon Patron (uncredited)- RBRoy ButlerMan (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Louis King Director
Writing · 1
- Oscar Brodney Screenplay, Story
Production · 1
- Michael Kraike Producer
Camera · 1
- Maury Gertsman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ted J. Kent Editor
Sound · 3
- Hans J. Salter Music
- Leslie I. Carey Sound
- Glenn E. Anderson Sound
Art · 4
- Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
- Oliver Emert Set Decoration
- Alexander Golitzen Art Direction
- Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Yvonne Wood Costume Design
- Joan St. Oegger Hairstylist
- Bud Westmore Makeup Artist
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