Colorado Territory (1949)

  • NR
  • 06/03/1949 (US)
  • Western, Crime, Romance
  • 1h 34m

A mighty, memorable new adventure hurtling out of the heroic vastness of Colorado Territory.

Overview

In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.

Edmund H. North

Screenplay

John Twist

Screenplay

Raoul Walsh

Director

W.R. Burnett

Novel

Cast

Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Wes McQueen
Virginia Mayo's headshot

Virginia Mayo

Colorado Carson
Dorothy Malone's headshot

Dorothy Malone

Julie Ann Winslow
Henry Hull's headshot

Henry Hull

Fred Winslow
John Archer's headshot

John Archer

Reno Blake
James Mitchell's headshot

James Mitchell

Duke Harris
Morris Ankrum's headshot

Morris Ankrum

United States Marshal
Basil Ruysdael's headshot

Basil Ruysdael

Dave Rickard ('The Old Man')

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