Colorado Territory (North of the Rio Grande) (1949)

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Though not acknowledged by contemporary reviewers, Colorado Territory is a westernized remake of the 1941 crime drama High Sierra. Raoul Walsh, director of the earlier film, returns to helm the remake, doing a grand job on both occasions. Joel McCrea stars in the Humphrey Bogart role, playing a… More Though not acknowledged by contemporary reviewers, Colorado Territory is a westernized remake of the 1941 crime drama High Sierra. Raoul Walsh, director of the earlier film, returns to helm the remake, doing a grand job on both occasions. Joel McCrea stars in the Humphrey Bogart role, playing a veteran outlaw who hopes to pull off one last, spectacular heist. Virginia Mayo portrays the Ida Lupino counterpart, a "bad" dance-hall girl who proves to be the only person who genuinely cares about McCrea's well-being. As in the earlier film, the climax finds McCrea making a futile bid for escape in the mountains, with tragic consequences. High Sierra was good for at least one more remake, the 1955 Jack Palance-Shelley Winters starrer I Died a Thousand Times. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Raoul Walsh
Genres: Western, Drama

In Theaters: Jun 11, 1949 Wide
Studio: Unknown

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Throws mud all over Horace Greeley's credo that the West is a place of opportunity.
Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Terrific Western shows Walsh's gift for storytelling and mountain landscape.

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Cast

            Joel McCrea as Wes McQueen

            Virginia Mayo as Colorado Carson

            Dorothy Malone as Julie Ann

            Henry Hull as Winslow

            John Archer as Reno Blake

            Morris Ankrum as United States Marshal

            Basil Ruysdael as Dave Rickard

            Frank Puglia as Brother Thomas

            Ian Wolfe as Wallace

            Harry Woods as Pluthner

            Houseley Stevenson Sr. as Prospector

            Oliver Blake as Station agent

            Carl Andre as stage driver

            Monte Blue as U.S. marshal

            Ben Corbett as posse member

            Jack Daley as fireman

            Bert Dillard as posse member

            Robert Filmer as deputy

            Carl Harbaugh as brakeman

            Hallene Hill as Aunt Georgina

            Charles Horvath as train guard

            Fred Kelsey as engineer

            Victor Kilian as Sheriff

            Paul Kruger as deputy

            Art Ortego as deputy marshal

            Maudie Prickett as Mrs. Mrs. Wallace

            Frosty Royce as posse member

            Harry Strang as stage guard

            Glenn Thompson as train guard

            Jack Montgomery as deputy marshal

            James Mitchum as Child

            Merlyn Nelson as posse member

            George Bell as deputy

            Gray Eyes as old Indian

            Steve Stephens as posse member

            James Mitchell
            
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