Western ·Romance · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 4m

The Light of Western Stars

Director

Cast

Victor Jory as Gene Stewart Jo Ann Sayers as Madeline Hammond Russell Hayden as Al Hammond Morris Ankrum as Nat Hayworth Noah Beery Jr. as Poco J. Farrell MacDonald as Bill Stillwell

Crew

Russell Harlan — Director of Photography Sherman A. Rose — Editor Victor Young — Original Music Composer Norman Houston — Screenplay Zane Grey — Novel Harry Sherman — Producer

Tagline

Flaming Guns... Flashing Hoofs... as knights of the sage-brush roar across the plains!

Synopsis

Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Stewart ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff.

Mood & Themes

sheriff ranch

Key Collaborators

Lesley Selander Director Russell Harlan Director of Photography Sherman A. Rose Editor Victor Young Original Music Composer Norman Houston Screenplay Zane Grey Novel Harry Sherman Producer

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