A Perilous Journey (1953)
- Starring:
- Vera Ralston, David Brian, (more)
- Director(s):
- R. G. Springsteen
Synopsis of A Perilous Journey
The much-maligned Vera Ralston turns in an acceptable performance as star of Republic's A Perilous Journey. Though seemingly inspired by MGM's Westward the Women, the film was actually based on The Golden Tide, a novel by Vingie Roe. In the year 1850, a group of 49 young women charter a full-rigger to sail for California to offer themselves as wives to the gold prospectors. As indicated by the title, the journey is indeed fraught with peril (not to mention a few geographical inaccuracies). Vera Ralston plays Francie Landreaux, who has undertaken the voyage in search of her no-good gambler husband. Instead, she finds romance in the arms of rough-and-ready Shard Benton (Scott Brady). A Perilous Journey is pepped up by several song numbers, written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Perilous Journey
- Vera Ralston - Francie Landreaux
- Scott Brady - Shard Benton
- Hope Emerson - Olivia Schuyler
- Leif Erickson - Richards
- Ian MacDonald - Sprague
- Dorothy Ford - Rose the Singer
- Kathleen Freeman - Leah
- Paul Fierro - Pepe
- John Dierkes - 1st Mate
- Richard Alexander - Crying Miner
- Charles Cane - Miner
- Richard Reeves - Stewart the Sailor
- Bob Carney - Barfly
- Gloria Clark - Bride-to-Be
- Emil Sitka - Drunk
- Frank S. Hagney
- Brandon Beach
- David Brian - Monty Breed
- Charles Winninger - Capt. Eph Allan
- Eileen Christy - Susan
- Veda Ann Borg - Sadie
- Virginia Grey - Abby
- Ben Cooper - Sam Austin
- Barbara Hayden - Cathy
- Angela Greene - Mavis
- Fred Graham - Whiskers the Stowaway
- Trevor Bardette - Whiskered Miner
- Jack O'Shea - Cook
- Harry Tyler - Vagrant
- Charles Evans - Minister
- Philip Van Zandt - Tout
- Denver Pyle - Bartender
- Byron Foulger - Mr. Martin the Desk Clerk
- Stanley Blystone - Ad Libs
- Director(s):
- R. G. Springsteen
- Writer(s):
- Richard Wormser
- Producer(s):
- William J. O'Sullivan
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