Along the Great Divide (1951)
Release Date: Jun 2, 1951 Wide
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Raoul Walsh injects his expected artistry in the otherwise journeyman western Along the Great Divide. Feeling responsible for his father's death, marshal Kirk Douglas seeks redemption. He gets his chance when he saves murder suspect Walter Brennan from a lynch mob. The grateful Brennan accompanies Douglas to another town, where he can get a fair trial. Though found guilty, Brennan is rescued when Douglas nails the real killer. Along the Great Divide was Kirk Douglas' first western (he'd been
Jun 2, 1951 Wide
Warner Bros.
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Kirk Douglas
Marshall Len Merrick -
Virginia Mayo
Ann Keith -
John Agar
Billy Shear -
Walter Brennan
Tim 'Pop' Keith -
Ray Teal
Deputy Lou Gray -
Hugh Sanders
Sam Weaver -
Morris Ankrum
Ed Roden -
James Anderson
Dan Roden -
Charles Meredith
Judge Marlowe -
Sam Ash
Defense Counsel -
Lane Chandler
Sheriff -
Zon Murray
Jake Wilson -
Guy Wilkerson
Jury Foreman
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Flawed by structural problems in the script but buoyed by its A-list leading cast
Lively Western with a film noir whodunit plot and support for democracy and rule of law.
Kirk Douglas stars in his first western.
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Movie: ID: 770783605 Title: Along the Great Divide Release Date: 1951-06-02 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 6 Status: 1
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Foreign Titles
- Une Corde pour te pendre (FR)
- Camino de la horca (ES)
(1951) Along The Great Divide
WESTERN
Conventional plot has actor Kirk Douglas as a federal Marshall Merrick preventing a scape goated lynch mob hanging (Walter Brennan) to be intentioned to be brought to a fair trail back to town with the original lynchers on their tail at the same time! Much of this film showcases the Kirk Douglas character's straight up determination and it's complicated dilemas!
Although, viewers could possibly figure out about who shot or murder whom before the Kirk Douglas character does, and with some spectacular gorgeous black and white desert landscapes, the storyline was delving into familiar territory, viewers seen before and done alot better such as "The Comancheroes", "Four Faces West" and "Ride Lonesome" to name a few!
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