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1953 film by Nathan H. Juran

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6.3

Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.

Released: 1953-12-0179 minDir: Nathan JuranWestern

Cast

  • Audie Murphy as Jim Harvey
  • Lori Nelson as Laura Saunders
  • Chill Wills as Sheriff Murchoree
  • Roy Roberts as Nick Buckley
  • Russell Johnson as Lam Blandon
  • K.T. Stevens as Louella Buckley

Themes

  • guard
  • train
  • wagon train

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

1,144 votes

Year
1953
Runtime
79 min
Genres
Drama, Western

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Nathan Juran
Cast member
Ross Elliott
Producer
Ross Hunter
Production company
Universal Pictures
Cinematographer
Russell Metty
Duration
79
FilmAffinity ID
832843
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1953-01-01
title
Tumbleweed
film editor
Virgil W. Vogel
distributed by
Netflix
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