Western · United States of America · 1950 · 1h 23m

Sierra

Director

Cast

Audie Murphy as Ring Hassard Wanda Hendrix as Riley Martin Burl Ives as Lonesome Dean Jagger as Jeff Hassard Richard Rober as Big Matt Tony Curtis as Brent Coulter

Crew

Russell Metty — Director of Photography Ted J. Kent — Editor Edna Anhalt — Screenplay Stuart Hardy — Novel Michael Kraike — Producer

Tagline

Adventure ... raging to the very peaks of Excitement !

Synopsis

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

horse lawyer

Key Collaborators

Alfred E. Green Director Russell Metty Director of Photography Ted J. Kent Editor Edna Anhalt Screenplay Stuart Hardy Novel Michael Kraike Producer

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