Yellow Sky (1948)
- Starring:
- Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
- Category:
- Westerns
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William Wellman's westerns always seemed a little claustrophobic, but in Yellow Sky the director's technique works to the film's advantage. Outlaw leader Gregory Peck takes refuge in a frontier ghost town. The only inhabitants are elderly James Barton and his pretty granddaughter Anne Baxter. Barton reveals that there's gold hereabouts, prompting a few of Peck's companions--especially Richard Widmark--to plot the old man's demise and claim the treasure for themselves. For his part, Peck is basically honorable, and offers to split fifty-fifty with Barton. Dissension, hostility and gunplay ensue, finally narrowing down to a standoff between Peck and Widmark. Yellow Sky was based on a novel by W.R. Burnett, who moved from westerns to gangster stories and back again with the greatest of ease. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Gregory Peck - Stretch
- Richard Widmark - Dude
- John Russell - Lengthy
- James Barton - Grandpa
- Robert Adler - Jed
- Victor Kilian - Bartender
- Hank Worden - Rancher
- William Gould - Banker
- Eula Guy - Woman in Bank
- Anne Baxter - Mike
- Robert Arthur - Bull Run
- Henry Morgan - Half Pint
- Charles Kemper - Walrus
- Harry Carter - Lieutenant
- Paul Hurst - Drunk
- Jay Silverheels - Indian
- Norman Leavitt - Bank Teller
- Chief Yowlachie - Colorado
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
- Writer(s):
- Lamar Trotti
- Producer(s):
- Lamar Trotti
- Categories:
- Westerns
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