Colorado Territory (1949)
- Starring:
- Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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Synopsis of Colorado Territory
Though not acknowledged by contemporary reviewers, Colorado Territory is a westernized remake of the 1941 crime drama High Sierra. Raoul Walsh, director of the earlier film, returns to helm the remake, doing a grand job on both occasions. Joel McCrea stars in the Humphrey Bogart role, playing a veteran outlaw who hopes to pull off one last, spectacular heist. Virginia Mayo portrays the Ida Lupino counterpart, a "bad" dance-hall girl who proves to be the only person who genuinely cares about McCrea's well-being. As in the earlier film, the climax finds McCrea making a futile bid for escape in the mountains, with tragic consequences. High Sierra was good for at least one more remake, the 1955 Jack Palance-Shelley Winters starrer I Died a Thousand Times. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Colorado Territory
- Joel McCrea - Wes McQueen
- Dorothy Malone - Julie Ann
- John Archer - Reno Blake
- Basil Ruysdael - Dave Rickard
- Ian Wolfe - Wallace
- Houseley Stevenson, Sr. - Prospector
- Glenn Thompson - train guard
- Merlyn Nelson - posse member
- Jack Daley - fireman
- Hallene Hill - Aunt Georgina
- Harry Strang - stage guard
- Maudie Prickett - Mrs. Mrs. Wallace
- Paul Kruger - deputy
- Fred Kelsey - engineer
- Carl Harbaugh - brakeman
- Ben Corbett - posse member
- Gray Eyes - old Indian
- Carl Andre - stage driver
- Virginia Mayo - Colorado Carson
- Henry Hull - Winslow
- Morris Ankrum - United States Marshal
- Frank Puglia - Brother Thomas
- Harry Woods - Pluthner
- Oliver Blake - Station agent
- Jack Montgomery - deputy marshal
- Monte Blue - U.S. marshal
- Robert Filmer - deputy
- James Mitchum - Child
- Frosty Royce - posse member
- Art Ortego - deputy marshal
- Victor Kilian - Sheriff
- Charles Horvath - train guard
- Bert Dillard - posse member
- George Bell - deputy
- Steve Stephens - posse member
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Writer(s):
- Edmund H. North, John Twist, Derek N. Twist
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Veiller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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