Beulah Bondi, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Diana Lynn

Trapped in their ranch by a heavy snow storm, a family not only braves their own internal bickerings but also the danger of a panther which is stalking it's cattle and killing them off, until the sons...( read more  read more... ) take their respective turns to gou out and hunt the animal down.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: William A. Wellman

Release Date: January 1, 1954

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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006

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  • July 19, 2009
    I never thought I'd ever watch a Western adapted from a theater play. I did and I wish I hadn't. This film's really bad. Not only most of the action takes place indoor while the excitement (the hut for the cat) is outside. The whole film is shoot in studio and that's really a pit...( read more)y since it is certainly the worse set design I've ever seen.
    Besides, since when have wimps become so attractive? We want a real hero, not this child as a good character. Really, this film's bad in a whole new way to me.
  • May 22, 2009
    A weird film for sure. I don't even know if you can call it a western, since it's more of a dysfunctional family drama with a hunt involving a metaphorical cat. It's set in the snowy mountains like The Great Silence, and even though the color scheme is very spare the film still...( read more) looks great.
  • September 2, 2009
    Do you know who's the true villain in this film? No, not Robert Mitchum. It's the youngest son, letting his older brothers hunt the beast by themselves, pretending to be all shy and passive, pretending to care for his brothers when he finds out they have passed away, and planning...( read more) everything all along just so he can kill the beast himself and prove himself. Look at that demonic smile he makes at the end. Haha. But honestly, this film is overly conservative and over-the-top melodramatic shite.
  • December 15, 2007
    Moody quasi-western about man vs nature, with a psychological edge
  • October 24, 2007
    They say Mitchum is the lead but he's barely even in it. He doesn't even get to kill the panther. Weak. Sub-par Eugene O'Neil-esque theatrics.

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