Vengeance Valley

1951

1h 23m

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5.2/10

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A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

Directors

Richard Thorpe

Writers

Luke Short(novel by)

Irving Ravetch(screenplay by)

Stars

Burt Lancaster

Robert Walker

Joanne Dru

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Owen Daybright

Lee Strobie

Jen Strobie

Lily Fasken

Hub Fasken

Hewie

Arch Strobie

Herb Backett

Dick Fasken

Mr. Willoughby

Mead Calhoun

Dr. Irwin (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

Obie Rune (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Man at Rune's Corral (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Cowhand (uncredited)

Robert J. Wilke

Cowhand (uncredited)

Directors

Richard Thorpe

Writers

Luke Short(novel by)

Irving Ravetch(screenplay by)

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***A REAL cowboy Western with Burt Lancaster*** A noble foster brother (Burt Lancaster) on a ranch in Northwest Colorado is accused of making a woman pregnant (Sally Forrest) by her two violent brothers (Hugh O’Brian & John Ireland), but this was actually the work of the questionable natural brother (Robert Walker). Joanne Dru is on hand as the wife of the latter, but might understandably have eyes for the former. As the plot blurb suggests, “Vengeance Valley” (1951) is just as much a soap opera as it is horse opera, but it doesn’t skimp on the typical Western staples with gorgeous Western locations (Colorado), saloon confrontations, fistfights, gunfights, steam engine trains, breaking horses, rustling and cattle drives. Speaking of the latter, the movie features an interesting narration by one of the ranch hands, Hewie (Carleton Carpenter), which offers vital information about the exploits of cattle wanderings during Winter, Spring round-up, cattle drives and buying & selling. The film doesn’t overstay its welcome at 1 hour, 23 minutes, and was shot at Coal Creek & Oak Creek in Northwest Colorado. GRADE: B

Wuchak26 Aug, 2019