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The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. [1] [2] It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest.
The Proud Rebel: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd. A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred.
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- Drama, Western
- Michael Curtiz
- 1958-07-01
The Proud Rebel (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
Release Date (Streaming) Jun 30, 2016. Runtime. 1h 43m. Confederate veteran John Chandler (Alan Ladd) returns from defeat in war to find his home razed, his wife dead and his young son, David ...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Michael Curtiz
Aug 4, 2021 · A confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hatred of the Northern town. Can a proud Rebel find ...
- 104 min
- 130.6K
- Absolute Westerns
The Proud Rebel (1958) was made as a real-life family film -- involving two prominent Hollywood families. The first was the Goldwyns. Around 1946, 20-year-old Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., persuaded his famous father to sell him the rights to a recently-published short story by James Edward Grant.
With his home burned to the ground, his wife killed, and his 10-year-old son David rendered mute after witnessing the traumatizing incident, former Confederate soldier John Chandler arrives in a small, post-Civil War Illinois community. Eager to move on with his life, and desperate to find an effective treatment for the boy, John instead finds ...
