'Overcast' - MiamisFF Review
The makings of a great midseason filler episode that would connect in many different directions. This is a police drama filler with a guest director.
Along the Great Divide (1951)
US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?
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US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?
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Genre:Western
Written By:Lewis Meltzer, Walter Doniger
In Theaters:6/2/1951
Box Office:
Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Raoul Walsh
Director
Kirk Douglas
Marshal Len Merrick
Virginia Mayo
Ann Keith
John Agar
Billy Shear
Walter Brennan
Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Ray Teal
Deputy Lou Gray
Hugh Sanders
Frank Newcombe
Morris Ankrum
Ed Roden
James Anderson
Dan Roden
Charles Meredith
Judge Marlow
Sam Ash
Defense Counsel (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Juror (uncredited)
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