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Reduced to transporting gold from a distant mine to a small-town bank, retired lawman Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) recruits friend Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), who has been performing in a traveling carnival. Unknown to Steve, the restless Gil and a young drifter intend to steal the next gold transport. On the way, the men help Elsa Knudsen (Mariette Hartley) to break free from her zealot father and join her fiance at the mine, not realizing the consequences that await them all.
  • Genre:
    western
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Sam Peckinpah
  • Producer:
    Richard E. Lyons
  • Writer:
    N. B. Stone Jr.
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  • Production Co:
    Metro Goldwyn Mayer
  • Sound Mix:
    Mono

Cast & Crew

Randolph Scott
Gil Westrum
Joel McCrea
Steve Judd
Mariette Hartley
Elsa Knudsen
Ron Starr
Heck Longtree
R. G. Armstrong
Joshua Knudsen
Edgar Buchanan
Judge Tolliver at Coarse Gold
John Anderson
Elder Hammond
L.Q. Jones
Sylvus Hammond
Warren Oates
Henry Hammond
James Drury
Billy Hammond
Sam Peckinpah
Director
N. B. Stone Jr.
Writer
Richard E. Lyons
Producer
George Bassman
Original Music
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
Frank Santillo
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