The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
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Janet Leigh made an impressive film-debut in MGM's The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Though the title suggests a lighthearted musical, the film is actually a fairly sober adaptation (with slight comic undertones) of a novel by Mackinlay Kantor. In the days following the Civil War, a Missouri farming community lives in a state of constant tension due to conflicting pro-North and pro-South sentiments. Into this situation ambles ex-Union soldier Henry Carson (Van Johnson), who briefly camps out at the farm of unforgiving Confederate sympathizer Gill MacBean (Thomas Mitchell). Suspecting that Carson is up to no good, MacBean is sure of it when the handsome stranger begins courting MacBean's daughter Lissy Anne (Leigh). Things come to a head dramatically when the heretofore easygoing Carson comes face to face with a band of hooded, night-riding barn burners who've been fomenting discord among the farmers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Van Johnson - Henry Carson
- James Bell - John Willhart
- William Bishop - Ad Buchanan
- Jim Davis - Badge Dessark
- Guy Kibbee - Cal Baggett
- Selena Royle - Sairy MacBean
- Dean Stockwell - Andrew MacBean
- O.Z. Whitehead - Ninny Nat
- Joyce Arling - Mrs. Willhart
- Janet Leigh - Lissy Anne MacBean
- Thomas Mitchell - Gill MacBean
- Charles Dingle - John Dessark
- Paul Langton - Tom Yeary
- Russell Simpson - Dan Yeary
- Marshall Thompson - Ben MacBean
- Elizabeth Risdon - Emily Baggett
- Director(s):
- Roy Rowland
- Writer(s):
- Lester Cole
- Producer(s):
- Jack Cummings
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