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Summary
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+24)
Critics 28Audiences 52GoodWatch 34
Metascore41
Tomatometer14%
IMDb6.2
Audience score41%
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for westerns
typical 107104Half of all westerns run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries, rent or buy in 64 more
+1Released
1955
July 22, 1955
71 years ago
Genre
WesternLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking17 of 17
Burt LancasterElias Wakefield
Dianne FosterHannah Bolen
Walter MatthauStan Bodine
Diana LynnSusie Spann- DMDonald MacDonaldLittle Eli Wakefield
John McIntireZack Wakefield
Una MerkelSophie Wakefield
John CarradineZiby Fletcher
John LitelPleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys WilliamsConstable
Edward NorrisRoulette Dealer
Will WrightJohn Decker (uncredited)
Douglas SpencerFrome Brother (uncredited)
Paul WexlerFrome Brother (uncredited)
Clem BevansRiverboat Captain (uncredited)
Norman LeavittFrontiersman (uncredited)
Whip WilsonFrontiersman (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Burt Lancaster Director
- Richard Maybery Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- A.B. Guthrie Jr. Screenplay
- Felix Holt Novel
Production · 2
- Harold Hecht Producer
- James T. Vaughn Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- George E. Luckenbacher Editor
Sound · 6
- Bernard Herrmann Original Music Composer
- Roy Webb Original Music Composer
- Wayne Fury Sound Effects Editor
- John K. Kean Sound Recordist
- Robert G. Carlisle Music Editor
- Paul Schmutz Sound Recordist
Art · 3
- Ted Haworth Production Design
- Robert Priestley Set Decoration
- John Orlando Props
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Norma Koch Costume Design
- Robert J. Schiffer Makeup Artist
- LaVaughn Speer Hairstylist
Other crew · 1
- Russell Shearman Special Effects
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