Western · United States of America · 1947 · 1h 1m

Wild Horse Mesa

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Director
Wallace Grissell
Cast
Tim Holt as Dave Jordan Nan Leslie as Sue Melhern Tom Keene as Hod Slack Jason Robards Sr. as Hod Slack Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty Tony Barrett as Jim Horn
Crew
Frank Redman — Director of Photography Desmond Marquette — Editor Paul Sawtell — Original Music Composer Norman Houston — Screenplay Zane Grey — Novel Herman Schlom — Producer
Tagline

A man who wouldn't stay licked... A horse that couldn't be tamed!

Synopsis

Dave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men looking for then also. When Dave finds them first, Olmstead buys them from Melburn and then kills him. A clue leads Dave to Olmstead's where he breaks in and finds the murder weapon. When he takes his evidence to the Marshal he learns Olmstead has been murdered and he is the one under arrest.

Mood & Themes
barbed wiremurderwild westwild horse
Key Collaborators
Wallace Grissell Director Frank Redman Director of Photography Desmond Marquette Editor Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer Norman Houston Screenplay Zane Grey Novel Herman Schlom Producer
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