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The Missouri Traveler is a 1958 American coming-of-age period piece drama film directed by Jerry Hopper starring Brandon deWilde and Lee Marvin. It is based on the novel of the same name by John Burress. [1]
A runaway orphan, Biarn Turner (De Wilde), attempts to escape his troubles by traveling to Florida during the early 1900's. He finds his way to a small town where the local newspaper editor, Doyle Magee (Merrill), decides to take the boy in and give him a chance at a regular life.
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- Drama, Family, Western
- Jerry Hopper
- 1958-01-21
Aug 9, 2021 · Family Drama set in the early 1900s: The Missouri Traveler - Classic Western - During the early 1900s, a runaway Missouri orphan reaches a town where the townsfolk are enchanted with him and...
- 104 min
- 1.1M
- Grjngo - Western Movies
A runaway orphan, Biarn Turner (De Wilde), attempts to escape his troubles by traveling to Florida during the early 1900's. He finds his way to a small town where the local newspaper editor, Doyle Magee (Merrill), decides to take the boy in and give him a chance at a regular life.
The Missouri Traveler (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A gruff neighbor (Lee Marvin) and a newspaper editor (Gary Merrill) help a teenage farmer (Brandon de Wilde) grow up in circa-1910 Missouri.
- Drama
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In Missouri in the 1920s, fifteen-year-old Bairn Turner, on the run from an orphanage, is spotted on the road by rancher Tobias Brown. Tobias gruffly offers the boy a ride to the town of Delphi, where, he notes, there is no sheriff to take him back to the orphanage.
