Stranger on horseback is perhaps one of director jacques tourneurs least known films, one that was commercially unavailable for decades. Anne of the indies is a 1951 technicolor adventure film made by 20th century fox. The book hondo was a novelization of the film also written by lamour, and published by gold medal books in 1953. Stranger on horseback 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Oct 27, 2011 joel mccrea brings law and order to the range in stranger on horseback. Adapted from a novel by louis lamour, stranger on horseback is one of joel mccreas shorter western vehicles, zipping merrily along at a mere 66 minutes. One reason for the similarities is the recutting, supervised by ernest nims, wrote film historian bret wood. Hondo is a 1953 warnercolor 3d western film directed by john farrow and starring john wayne and geraldine page. The original negative for stranger on horseback no longer exists, so vcis release was taken from a 35mm print held by the british film institute.
The screenplay is based on a story by louis lamour. Vci entertainment presents stranger on horseback 23 march 1955 55 minscolor dolby digitally remastered joel mccrea was an american film actor. Stranger on horseback 1955 stream and watch online. Stranger on horseback trailer 1955 video detective.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Stranger on horseback 1955 stranger on horseback 1955 a 2. The ansco colour process didnt work though the colours look. On its release, the stranger was unfavorably compared to alfred hitchcocks shadow of a doubt 1943. After wichita town left the air, mccrea made just a few more film appearances.
Nov 22, 2014 stranger on horseback is perhaps one of director jacques tourneurs least known films, one that was commercially unavailable for decades. A circuit judge joel mccrea rides in to break a ruthless cattle barons stranglehold on a frontier town. John carradine, thorne decides he is going to see that justice is done. Stranger on horseback is perhaps one of director jacques. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Stranger on horseback 1955 allmovie movies and films. Rick thorne, a circuit judge, rides into bannerman and discovers everything in town is controlled by rich rancher josiah bannerman and his kin. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. Stranger on horseback by jacques tourneur jacques tourneur.
Adapted from a novel by louis lamour, stranger on horseback is one of joel mccrea s shorter western vehicles, zipping merrily along at a mere 66 minutes. Mccrea plays a travelling judge who makes it his mission in life to clean up the town of bannerman. There he finds the town and surrounding area under the feudal thumb of an oldline family headed by josiah bannerman john mcintire. Mar 02, 2011 jacques tourneur stranger on horseback 1955. Czechmexican actress miroslava makes one of her rare american film appearances as mccreas love interest. Color 1955 the original negative for stranger on horseback no longer exists, so vcis release was taken from a 35mm print held by the british film institute. The tall strangerjoel mccrea, virginia mayo, barry kelley, michael ansara, whit bissell, leo gordon, george neise, michael pate, ray teal 1957. Stranger on horseback 1955 a circuit judge joel mccrea rides in to break a ruthless cattle barons stranglehold on a frontier town. Her tragic death after the film was completed was a sad loss. Joel mccrea brings law and order to the range in stranger on horseback. A life in the balance was the last film completed by producer goldstein, who died on july 23, 1954, although three of his other pictureswhite feather, black tuesday and stranger on horsebackwere in production at the time of his death.
Released 1955, stranger on horseback stars joel mccrea, miroslava, kevin mccarthy, john mcintire the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Overview of stranger on horseback, 1955, directed by jacques tourneur, with joel mccrea, miroslava, kevin mccarthy, at turner classic movies. Despite wholehearted opposition and obstacles, thorne fingers. Jacques tourneurs the flame and the arrow 09 july 2015. Life magazine featured the stranger as movie of the week in its issue dated june 3, 1946. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing stranger on horseback near you. The screenplay is based on the july 5, 1952 colliers short story the gift of cochise by louis lamour. Joel mccrea is the star, playing circuit judge richard thorne, arriving in a town ruled by the bannerman clan, investigating a shooting death where no arrests have been made. He travels to one of his towns and finds that it is being run by a land baron. Stranger on horseback 1955 stranger on horseback 1955. Stranger on horseback 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Stranger on horseback 1955 approved 1h 6min romance, western june 1955 uk a circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice.
In his article, jones lists the pratfalls critics take when. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Stranger on horseback is one of the least known jacques tourneur titles, mostly due to. A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. This proves difficult, in that the town is virtually owned by the bannerman family. Its not perfect, but it looks surprisingly good, especially for an anscocolor movie, and there are only a few splices in the print. Stranger on horseback 1955 how else anybody going to tell the men from the boys.
While joel mccrea remained married to frances dee until his death, he filed for a divorce in april 1966, but the couple later reconciled. Stranger on horseback 1955 jacques tourneur synopsis. It was directed by jacques tourneur and produced by george jessel the film stars jean peters and louis jourdan, with debra paget, herbert marshall, thomas gomez and james robertson justice. We start strong with a preinvasion supporting role for mccarthy in this joel mccreastarring western directed by the great jacques tourneur. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Buy stranger on horseback movie posters from movie poster shop. The screenplay is based on a story by louis lamour plot. The judge runs afoul of the killers rich cattle baron father in the process. This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture. Odd casting which includes a plethora of recognizable character actors in cameo roles some of which are uncredited mark this drama which celebrates the profession of medical doctor. I missed stranger on horseback 1955 on its first run in the uk. Stranger on horseback 1955 letterboxd your life in film.
The film was shot on location in sedona, arizona not in mexico, as is sometimes. Stranger on horseback is the least known of jacques tourneurs westerns, which include two other joel mccrea vehicles, wichita and stars in my crown not really a western in my view, but widely regarded as such, and the justly celebrated canyon passage. The stranger of the title is played by joel mccrea, coming toward the end of his career, and hes a bit long in the tooth for the role he plays in this combination wagon trainrange war story with a convoluted plot based on a. Find out on this exclusive a word on westerns duration. Therefore reason and not the ego of individuals wins in the end of the film. I saw this movie on movies4men and wouldnt mind having a dvd of it, and having found that it is available as part of a box set called darn good westerns 1 i have ordered it through amazon. Im being this transparent because ive taken the calltoarms from kent jones in the most recent issue of film comment. In this western, a circuit judge uses his pistols to reinforce his judgments. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add.
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