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Along the Great Divide is a 1951 American Western starring Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar and Walter Brennan. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it was Douglas's first Western, a genre that served him well during his long career.
Along the Great Divide: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan. A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Warner Brothers' Along the Great Divide (1951) was the first western for Kirk Douglas, then only five years into his film career and known principally to moviegoers for his gritty roles in such downbeat urban dramas as Jacques Tourneur's Out of the Past (1947) and Mark Robson's Champion (1949).
Kirk Douglas makes his Western film debut as a righteous lawman battling nature and pursuing vigilantes to bring an accused killer to trial.
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son. New Federal marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial.
A U.S. marshal (Kirk Douglas) leads a lynch-mob survivor, his daughter (Virginia Mayo) and others across the desert to justice. Rent Along the Great Divide on Fandango at Home, Prime Video,...
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Jul 16, 2023 · The old man has been accused of killing the favorite son of powerful rancher Ed Roden (Morris Ankrum) because Pop was found with rustled cattle near the younger Roden’s body. Merrick isn’t interested in judging guilt or innocence; his duty is to get Pop to the town of Santa Loma to stand trial.
Dec 15, 2015 · Overview. US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again.
Along the Great Divide. For his first movie Western, Kirk Douglas rode in good company. Filmed in the rugged High Sierras and Mojave Desert, Along the Great Divide is a lean, bullet-hard sagebrush saga. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
