AN ADVENTURE THAT AVALANCHES FROM THE BULLET-PROOF ROOF OF THE ROCKIES TO THE FIERY DESERT FLOOR!
US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?
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- John Chardon TMDB · Dec 20158/10
My name's Merrick. I'm United States Marshal here. Along the Great Divide is directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Walter Doniger and Lewis Meltzer. It stars Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan, Ray Teal, James Anderson and Morris Ankrum. Music is by David Buttolph and cinematography by Sidney Hickox. U.S. Marshall Len Merrick (Douglas) and two deputies rescue suspected murderer Tim Keith (Brennan) from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron who is convinced that Keith killed his son. The lawmen embark on a hazardous journey across the rugged terrains, determined to get Keith to Santa Loma for a fair trial... Kirk Douglas' first Western is something of an undervalued treat. It was a film he didn't enjoy making, where working out in the desert with Raoul Walsh proved something of a cross to bear. Yet the director got a very good turn out of Douglas, allowing the actor to put down a marker in the genre that would serve him well throughout his career. It sits very much in the psychological Western realm, a fact that some critics of the time failed to grasp - since complaints about not being a standard Oater were floated about! It really shouldn't have surprised an
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasMarshal Len Merrick
- Virginia MayoAnn Keith
- John AgarBilly Shear
- Walter BrennanTimothy 'Pop' Keith
- Ray TealDeputy Lou Gray
- Hugh SandersFrank Newcombe
- Morris AnkrumEd Roden
- James AndersonDan Roden
- Charles MeredithJudge Marlow
- Sam AshDefense Counsel (uncredited)
Crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Lewis MeltzerScreenplay
- Walter DonigerScreenplay
- Sidney HickoxDirector of Photography
- David ButtolphOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas ReillyEditor
- Anthony VeillerProducer
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