Directed by:
Joseph H. LewisScreenplay:
Dalton TrumboCinematography:
Ray RennahanComposer:
Gerald FriedCast:
Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Mazzola, Fred Kohler Jr., Glenn Strange, Sheb Wooley, Marilee Earle, Byron Foulger, Frank Ferguson (more)Plots(1)
McNeil (Sebastian Cabot, The Time Machine) is a greedy hotel owner who wants to take control of Prairie City, the Texas town of the title. Keen to drive the local farmers of their land, McNeil hires a gunman, Johnny Crale (Nedrick Young, who would pen the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Defiant Ones the same year), resulting in the death of a former whaler. The dead man’s son, George Hansen (Sterling Hayden, The Killing), arrives in town to inherit the farm and set the stage for revenge – armed with only his father’s old harpoon… (Arrow Academy)
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Gerald Fried: The Westerns - Vol. 1
Label: Dragon's Domain Records
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:00:34
Notes: Limited edition.
| 1. | STORY OF A RODEO COWBOY: Pick Up Man | Gerald Fried | 04:56 |
| 2. | Bronco Busting | Gerald Fried | 05:20 |
| 3. | Barrell Man | Gerald Fried | 05:24 |
| 4. | WAGON TRAIN: THE STEVE CAMPDEN STORY: The Mountain | Gerald Fried | 03:18 |
| 5. | Meet The Campdens | Gerald Fried | 03:00 |
| 6. | Climbing The Mountain | Gerald Fried | 06:29 |
| 7. | The Cave | Gerald Fried | 07:02 |
| 8. | Top Of The World / Finale | Gerald Fried | 05:41 |
| 9. | TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN: Prologue And Main Title | Gerald Fried | 03:14 |
| 10. | The Saloon | Gerald Fried | 02:27 |
| 11. | The Black Hat / A Father's Death | Gerald Fried | 02:02 |
| 12. | Hansen And The Boy | Gerald Fried | 02:59 |
| 13. | End Of Pepe | Gerald Fried | 02:28 |
| 14. | Back To The Saloon | Gerald Fried | 03:04 |
| 15. | Shootout And Finale | Gerald Fried | 03:10 |