Vengeance Valley
Burt Lancaster in His BIGGEST Outdoor Adventure Drama!
1951 | 83m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Richard Thorpe |
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| Writer: | Irving Ravetch, Luke Short |
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| A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 14, 1951 |
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| Director: | Richard Thorpe |
| Writer: | Irving Ravetch, Luke Short |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | barn, cattle, cattle ranch, quick draw, pistol duel, illegitimate child |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Burt Lancaster | Owen Daybright |
| Robert Walker | Lee Strobie |
| Joanne Dru | Jen Strobie |
| Sally Forrest | Lily Fasken |
| John Ireland | Hub Fasken |
| Carleton Carpenter | Hewie |
| Ray Collins | Arch Strobie |
| Ted de Corsia | Herb Backett |
| Hugh O'Brian | Dick Fasken |
| Will Wright | Mr. Willoughby |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Thorpe | Director |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Malcolm Brown | Art Direction |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | Original Music Composer |
| Conrad A. Nervig | Editor |
| George J. Folsey | Director of Photography |
| Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Luke Short | Novel |
| Name | Title |
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| Nicholas Nayfack | Producer |
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***A REAL cowboy Western with Burt Lancaster*** A noble foster brother (Burt Lancaster) on a ranch in Northwest Colorado is accused of making a woman pregnant (Sally Forrest) by her two violent brothers (Hugh O’Brian & John Ireland), but this was actually the work of the questionable natural brot ... her (Robert Walker). Joanne Dru is on hand as the wife of the latter, but might understandably have eyes for the former. As the plot blurb suggests, “Vengeance Valley” (1951) is just as much a soap opera as it is horse opera, but it doesn’t skimp on the typical Western staples with gorgeous Western locations (Colorado), saloon confrontations, fistfights, gunfights, steam engine trains, breaking horses, rustling and cattle drives. Speaking of the latter, the movie features an interesting narration by one of the ranch hands, Hewie (Carleton Carpenter), which offers vital information about the exploits of cattle wanderings during Winter, Spring round-up, cattle drives and buying & selling. The film doesn’t overstay its welcome at 1 hour, 23 minutes, and was shot at Coal Creek & Oak Creek in Northwest Colorado. GRADE: B