Yellow Sky (1948)

  • NR
  • 12/24/1948 (US)
  • Crime, Western
  • 1h 38m

It was as if the YELLOW SKY had sought them out... where fate had forgotten them and life had left them behind!

Overview

In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

William A. Wellman

Director

W.R. Burnett

Story

Lamar Trotti

Screenplay

Cast

Gregory Peck's headshot

Gregory Peck

James "Stretch" Dawson
Anne Baxter's headshot

Anne Baxter

Constance Mae 'Mike'
Richard Widmark's headshot

Richard Widmark

Dude
Robert Arthur's headshot

Robert Arthur

Bull Run
John Russell's headshot

John Russell

Lengthy
Harry Morgan's headshot

Harry Morgan

Half Pint
James Barton's headshot

James Barton

Grandpa
Charles Kemper's headshot

Charles Kemper

Walrus

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