Colorado Territory (North of the Rio Grande) (1949)
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86% of users liked it
(111 ratings)
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
- Directed By
- Raoul Walsh
- Genres
- Western, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 11, 1949 Wide
- Studio
- Unknown
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Throws mud all over Horace Greeley's credo that the West is a place of opportunity.
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Terrific Western shows Walsh's gift for storytelling and mountain landscape.
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Cast
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Joel McCrea
as Wes McQueen
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Virginia Mayo
as Colorado Carson
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Dorothy Malone
as Julie Ann
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Henry Hull
as Winslow
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John Archer
as Reno Blake
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Morris Ankrum
as United States Marshal
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Basil Ruysdael
as Dave Rickard
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Frank Puglia
as Brother Thomas
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Ian Wolfe
as Wallace
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Harry Woods
as Pluthner
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Houseley Stevenson Sr.
as Prospector
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Oliver Blake
as Station agent
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Carl Andre
as stage driver
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Monte Blue
as U.S. marshal
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Ben Corbett
as posse member
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Jack Daley
as fireman
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Bert Dillard
as posse member
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Robert Filmer
as deputy
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Carl Harbaugh
as brakeman
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Hallene Hill
as Aunt Georgina
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Charles Horvath
as train guard
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Fred Kelsey
as engineer
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Victor Kilian
as Sheriff
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Paul Kruger
as deputy
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Art Ortego
as deputy marshal
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Maudie Prickett
as Mrs. Mrs. Wallace
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Frosty Royce
as posse member
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Harry Strang
as stage guard
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Glenn Thompson
as train guard
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Jack Montgomery
as deputy marshal
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James Mitchum
as Child
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Merlyn Nelson
as posse member
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George Bell
as deputy
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Gray Eyes
as old Indian
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Steve Stephens
as posse member
- James Mitchell
