Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy, Dick York

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, th...( read more  read more... )e tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

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Unrated, 91 min.

Directed by: Delmer Daves

Release Date: March 26, 1958

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DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002

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  • August 7, 2008
    Good story. Good chemistry between Ford and Lemmon. It was great to see Glenn Ford in a funnier role too.
  • May 25, 2008
    good cowboys and indians movie.
  • November 2, 2007
    Classified as a classic = Interested.
  • August 21, 2007
    i would like to see this one..
  • April 8, 2007
    decent, not great...but it stars Jack Lemmon!!!
  • December 10, 2006
    Pretty bad, pretty terrible, pretty horrible. Do I need to say anymore then that?
  • August 2, 2006
    This is a western but also a character study.

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