At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.
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- 1 nomination
William 'Bill' Phillips
- York
- (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
Stanley Andrews
- Roger MacDonald
- (uncredited)
Emile Avery
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
- Tom Barton
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Matron
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
James Bush
- Cpl. Dixon
- (uncredited)
Nora Bush
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaRare "bad-guy" role for Glenn Ford (I).
- GoofsAt the court scene (00:30:10), William Holden's character makes the same movement twice in consecutive shots whilst getting off the chair.
- Quotes
Owen Devereaux: [voiceover as he writes in his diary] I killed a hundred men today. I didn't want to. I couldn't help myself. What's wrong with me? I'm afraid... afraid I'm going crazy.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Toward the close of the Civil War --- in the year 1865 --- in COLORADO
JACOB'S GORGE -- where the remnants of a confederate outfit are trapped --
- ConnectionsFeatured in Brave Warrior (1952)
- SoundtracksWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
(uncredited)
Written by Louis Lambert (pseudonym for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
Played at the homecoming
Featured review
Another Fine Performance By Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford was as good as anyone playing an intense psychotic, which he does here in this above-average western. Ford, playing "Col.Owen Devereaux," gets elected to the position of "judge" right after his distinguished career in the Civil War. Unfortunately, he has mental problems and this position carries too much weight for an unstable sort such as him to be carrying. His best buddy, "Capt. Del Stewart" (William Holden) sees his friend as he is and tries to reason with him and help him out but winds up being alienated, too, by the paranoid judge whose problems escalate as the story goes on.
There's not a tremendous amount of action in here, but it still moves pretty fast and looks really nice on DVD. This is one of the few color films of the 1940s.
Ellen Drew, Ray Collins and Ed Buchnan provide good supporting help in the story. If you like some of the Anthony Mann-James Stewart westerns of the late '40s/early '50s, you should like this one, too.
There's not a tremendous amount of action in here, but it still moves pretty fast and looks really nice on DVD. This is one of the few color films of the 1940s.
Ellen Drew, Ray Collins and Ed Buchnan provide good supporting help in the story. If you like some of the Anthony Mann-James Stewart westerns of the late '40s/early '50s, you should like this one, too.
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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