Sierra (1950)

NR05/26/1950Western1h 23m
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Adventure ... raging to the very peaks of Excitement !

Overview

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).

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    Wanda Hendrix

    Riley Martin

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    Audie Murphy

    Ring Hassard

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    Burl Ives

    Lonesome

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    Dean Jagger

    Jeff Hassard

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    Richard Rober

    Big Matt

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    Tony Curtis

    Brent Coulter (as Anthony Cutis)

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    Houseley Stevenson

    Sam Coulter

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    Elliott Reid

    Duke Lafferty

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    Griff Barnett

    Dr. Robbins

It will be like bedding down in a nest of rattlers! Sierra is directed by Alfred E. Green and adapted to screenplay by Edna Anhalt from the novel "Mountains Are My Kingdom" written by Stuart Hardy. It stars Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger and Richard Rober. Music is by Walter Scharf and the Technicolor cinematography is by Russell Metty. 1950 is right at the beginning of Audie Murphy's film career and it's a big indicator of where his genre staples were laid. Of the three Westerns he made in 1950, Sierra is the weakest, but even then it's above average and shows enoug...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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