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| Director: | Anthony Mann | 
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| Writer: | Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom | 
| Staring: | 
| A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 1953 | 
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| Director: | Anthony Mann | 
| Writer: | Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom | 
| Genres: | Western | 
| Keywords | ambush, bounty hunter, moral conflict, greed, outlaw, escape, gunshot wound, indian attack, prospector, civil war veteran, spurs, colorado territory, monetary reward, rapids, revisionist western | 
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $1,261,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Oct 19, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| James Stewart | Howard Kemp | 
| Janet Leigh | Lina Patch | 
| Robert Ryan | Ben Vandergroat | 
| Ralph Meeker | Roy Anderson | 
| Millard Mitchell | Jesse Tate | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration | 
| Anthony Mann | Director | 
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction | 
| Bronislau Kaper | Original Music Composer | 
| William Tuttle | Makeup Designer | 
| Frank McGrath | Stunts, Stunt Double | 
| William C. Mellor | Director of Photography | 
| Howard W. Koch | Assistant Director | 
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision, Sound | 
| Ted Mapes | Stunts, Stunt Double | 
| Chuck Roberson | Stunts, Stunt Double | 
| Sam Rolfe | Writer | 
| George White | Editor | 
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects | 
| Al Shenberg | Unit Manager | 
| Frank Wesselhoff | Painter | 
| Henri Jaffa | Other | 
| Malcolm Brown | Art Direction | 
| Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator | 
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Location Manager | 
| Jack Williams | Stunts | 
| Harold Jack Bloom | Writer | 
| Robert Brower | Other | 
| John Truwe | Makeup Artist | 
| Carl Roup | Second Assistant Director | 
| Jack N. Young | Stunts | 
| Hans Sommer | Conductor | 
| Robert Franklyn | Orchestrator | 
| Virginia Bougas | Stunts | 
| Name | Title | 
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| William H. Wright | Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 
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| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 
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| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
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| 2025 | 10 | 414 | 693 |