The Proud Rebel (1958)
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Release Date: May 28, 1958 Wide
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A gentler but no less resourceful Alan Ladd stars in The Proud Rebel. Ladd is cast as civil war veteran John Chandler, while the star's son David (who grew up to become a powerful Hollywood producer) plays Chandler's emotionally disturbed son David. Since suffering a traumatic shock during the war, David has not spoken a single word. With his son in tow, John wanders the frontier in search of a doctor who might cure David's muteness. Along the way, he runs afoul of sheep baron Harry Burleigh
May 28, 1958 Wide
Jan 8, 2002
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Cast
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Alan Ladd
John Chandler -
Olivia de Havilland
Linnett Moore -
Dean Jagger
Harry Durleigh -
David Ladd
David Chandler -
Cecil Kellaway
Dr. Enos Davis -
James Westerfield
Birm Bates -
John Carradine
Travelling salesman -
Henry Hull
Judge Morley -
Thomas Pittman
Tom Burleigh -
Eli Mintz
Gorman -
King
Lance the Dog -
Harry Dean Stanton
Jeb Burleigh
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Mawkish family Western set just after the Civil War.
September 10, 2013
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Audience Reviews for The Proud Rebel
This is a lame excuse for a western. It's sort of a Shane Light. There's a fist fight over a dog at the beginning of the story. And it's a fight with sheep herders. Usually it's the cattle ranchers who are the bad guys. The main character is supposed to be from the south and the story is set at the end of the Civil War. But he doesn't have a southern accent. He has a young son who can't talk after seeing his mother die in a house fire during the war. He's charged with starting the fight with the sheep men and is fined. He doesn't have any money so a widow pays his fine and has him work on her farm. The dog is a border collie that can herd sheep. The sheep owner wants the dog and the widow's land. The rebel father needs money in order to take his son to a surgeon to get is voice back. The problem is that surgeons after the Civil War were butchers. Most people died from infections after surgery in the 1860's. And you can't cure someone who can't talk due to a traumatic experience with surgery. A local dog trainer offers him $300 for his dog. I wouldn't give $300 for a border collie in 21st century money much less 19th century money. $300 was a whole year's wage in the 1860's. At first he won't sell because the boy is too attached to the dog. Latter after a doctor is found he sells but doesn't tell his son. The dog won't work for anyone but his owner. The dog trainer loses the dog in a poker game to the son of the sheep herder. When the young boy returns from the trip to the doctor and still can't talk, the rebel father goes to get the dog back. The sheep herders decide to frame him for stealing the dog and kill him so they can force the widow off her land. They finally have a gunfight using Civil War era guns. When the sheep herder's son sneaks up behind the rebel father his son finally speaks and warns him in time to turn and shoot the sheep header's son. After the sheep herder starts shooting at the rebel father he is forced to shoot back and kill him.
March 25, 2013
Donald White
As a romance Western, this is ok but predicitable. It features Alan Ladd's real son. But it's terribly like Shane but not near as well done. This is just Shane all over again. But the movie is not ANYWHERE close to Shane in quality.
The dog, Lance, is a central figure in the movie. Its involved all the time in most every scene. Selling the dog to help his son's surgery for talking turns out to be a dumb move.
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGkYw_cT44-GQLKua7P1EA4BtPyMmMF15wOUgquozZTD-Ug9GU[/img] Alan Ladd and real son together
The title? Means very little to the story. Sure, he came from the South and was a Confederate, but for the beginning it means very little after that. So, get another title!
[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwKyDyxFup--DKHIsu6MwUXFCRG4ume41ETWc32rynyLH_NpCW[/img] Alan Ladd's son
How about a title like... Proud Till It Hurts? or... I Can't Talk? Or, How I Met Your Mom.... Christ, these titles like Proud Rebel wouldn't make me spend a dime on any of them.
Directed by Michael Curtiz, (Casablanca,1942), the film had promise to be really stunning. But alas, its just a Western with bad men and good guy Alan Ladd. Still, the film harkens us back to the day when we liked a good ending despite hardships on screen.
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7r4Jqyb4Hep5YX3zeaumSGGAwml5hWUvXlbZQFO2ddkQsiZAS[/img] This is the image SHANE would never see
SEE a clip from the film where a barn is burned down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XISS8Dm0lE
Worth watching, I believe it is borderline sentimental, cliche and had just too much a feel-good ending to be credible.
Gives new meaning to "talkies".
Besides, in this tale, the villains are sheep raising ranchers. Who ever heard of sheep ranchers being villains? The cattle ranchers held the Western trophy for that monsterous description.
[img]http://woman-rebel.trailertheater.com/trailer-images/w/o/alUxb05KSXM3RWc=.jpg[/img] The couple ride into town and gossip of marriage begins
SEE the film here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606jElnBBhs
other Reviews:
70%
Exceptional western, very well cast and the direction by Michael Curtiz is excellent. Fine production values, and a well written story.
Cast
Alan Ladd as John Chandler
Olivia de Havilland as Linnett Moore
Dean Jagger as Harry Burleigh
David Ladd as David Chandler
Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Davis
Harry Dean Stanton as Jeb (billed as Dean Stanton)
Tom Pittman as Tom
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn Jr
Music by
Jerome Moross
Cinematography
Ted McCord
Editing by
Aaron Stell
Studio
Formosa
Distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution (USA)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (UK)
HBO Video (DVD)
Release date(s)
May 28, 1958
Running time
103 mins
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/The_Proud_Rebel_-_1958-_poster.png/220px-The_Proud_Rebel_-_1958-_poster.png[/img]
The dog, Lance, is a central figure in the movie. Its involved all the time in most every scene. Selling the dog to help his son's surgery for talking turns out to be a dumb move.
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGkYw_cT44-GQLKua7P1EA4BtPyMmMF15wOUgquozZTD-Ug9GU[/img] Alan Ladd and real son together
The title? Means very little to the story. Sure, he came from the South and was a Confederate, but for the beginning it means very little after that. So, get another title!
[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwKyDyxFup--DKHIsu6MwUXFCRG4ume41ETWc32rynyLH_NpCW[/img] Alan Ladd's son
How about a title like... Proud Till It Hurts? or... I Can't Talk? Or, How I Met Your Mom.... Christ, these titles like Proud Rebel wouldn't make me spend a dime on any of them.
Directed by Michael Curtiz, (Casablanca,1942), the film had promise to be really stunning. But alas, its just a Western with bad men and good guy Alan Ladd. Still, the film harkens us back to the day when we liked a good ending despite hardships on screen.
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7r4Jqyb4Hep5YX3zeaumSGGAwml5hWUvXlbZQFO2ddkQsiZAS[/img] This is the image SHANE would never see
SEE a clip from the film where a barn is burned down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XISS8Dm0lE
Worth watching, I believe it is borderline sentimental, cliche and had just too much a feel-good ending to be credible.
Gives new meaning to "talkies".
Besides, in this tale, the villains are sheep raising ranchers. Who ever heard of sheep ranchers being villains? The cattle ranchers held the Western trophy for that monsterous description.
[img]http://woman-rebel.trailertheater.com/trailer-images/w/o/alUxb05KSXM3RWc=.jpg[/img] The couple ride into town and gossip of marriage begins
SEE the film here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606jElnBBhs
other Reviews:
70%
Exceptional western, very well cast and the direction by Michael Curtiz is excellent. Fine production values, and a well written story.
Cast
Alan Ladd as John Chandler
Olivia de Havilland as Linnett Moore
Dean Jagger as Harry Burleigh
David Ladd as David Chandler
Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Davis
Harry Dean Stanton as Jeb (billed as Dean Stanton)
Tom Pittman as Tom
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn Jr
Music by
Jerome Moross
Cinematography
Ted McCord
Editing by
Aaron Stell
Studio
Formosa
Distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution (USA)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (UK)
HBO Video (DVD)
Release date(s)
May 28, 1958
Running time
103 mins
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/The_Proud_Rebel_-_1958-_poster.png/220px-The_Proud_Rebel_-_1958-_poster.png[/img]
May 14, 2013
rick blaine
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