Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

1h 20m

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5.8/10

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A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and brother.

Directors

Jesse Hibbs

Writers

George Zuckerman(screenplay by)

Ellis Marcus(story by)

Stars

Audie Murphy

Susan Cabot

Dan Duryea

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Clay O'Mara

Laurie Kenyon

Whitey Kincade

Kate

Jed Ringer

Fred Kenyon

Tom Meredith

Tim Lowerie

Reverend Moorehead

Clung

Harry Lowerie

Jackson

Andrew O'Mara

Matt Grove

Henry

Deputy

Jim Lowerie

Directors

Jesse Hibbs

Writers

George Zuckerman(screenplay by)

Ellis Marcus(story by)

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Maybe you're getting soft, Whitey. Maybe you're turning into a human being. Ride Clear of Diablo is directed by Jesse Hibbs and adapted to screenplay by George Zuckerman from a story by Ellis Marcus. It stars Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Abbe Lane and Russell Johnson. Irving Glassberg is the cinematographer with location filming in Technicolor at Lone Pine and Victorville in California. Plot sees Murphy as Clay O'Mara, a railroad surveyor forced to return to his home town after rustlers kill his father and brother. Getting the sheriff to make him a tin star wearing deputy, Murphy sets about finding out who was responsible for the murders. His first port of call is a meeting with notorious gunslinger Whitey Kincaid (Duryea)... Lively and utterly enjoyable "B" Western in the cannon of Audie Murphy. Standard revenge formula of plotting is elevated to better heights by the central relationship between Murphy's honest do gooder and Duryea's rough and tumble bad dude. Director Hibbs smoothly directs and the story has one or two surprises to off set the expected lack of credibility in the story. Glassberg's photography is beautiful and there's good support to the leads from Jack Elam and Denver Pyle. The girls look sexy and are costumed in style, while the action sequences, notably a horse pursuit featuring a gorgeous white stallion, are good value for money. Everything, though, is in Duryea's shadow, stealing the movie, Duryea is having a great time as the cackling villain forming an uneasy friendship with Murphy. It's this coupling, and the turn of events in the finale, that most will fondly remember the film for. Real solid stuff. 7/10

John Chard30 Sep, 2019