These Thousand Hills (1959)

★ 6.4 1h 36m IMDb

A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.

These Thousand Hills

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Cast

Don Murray
Don Murray as Albert Gallatin 'Lat' Evans Died 2024 · Hollywood, California, USA Donald Patrick "Don" Murray (July 31, 1929-February 2, 2024) was an American actor. Murray was born in Hollywood, California. He attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, N...
Richard Egan
Richard Egan as Jehu Died 1987 · San Francisco, California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American actor. In some films he is credited as Richard Eagan. Description above from the Wikipedia article...
Lee Remick
Lee Remick as Callie Died 1991 · Quincy, Massachusetts, USA Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, and for the 1966 Tony Awar...
Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens as Joyce Died 2000 · Golden, British Columbia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patricia Owens (17 January 1925, Golden, British Columbia - 31 August 2000, Lancaster, California) was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. S...
Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman as Tom Ping Died 2020 · San Francisco, California, USA Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor. He was best-known for playing Marshal Jim Crown in the western television series Cimarron Strip in 1967. Whitman also...
Albert Dekker
Albert Dekker as Marshal Conrad Died 1968 · Brooklyn, New York, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in Dr. Cyclops, The Killers, Kiss Me Dead...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 14, 2022
Though let down by a rather lacklustre cast, this is still a better than average western based on the solid story of "Evans" (Don Murray) and his attempts to start a cattle ranch. He hasn't two pennies to rub together, but is a decent cove whom, together with his gal "Callie" (Lee Remick), wants to do things properly. He and his friend "Ping" (Stuart Whitman) go trapping for valuable hides, but the harshness of the winter causes them to fall out and Evans to leave their remote cabin. Luckily, his friend follows him and is on hand to save him from certain death at the hands of a gang who want his horse, and who shoot him. He recuperates and with the help of the life savings of "Callie" starts a rather rapid, and successful, rise through society until his name is touted as a potential state senator. This rise doesn't come without change, though - and he soon takes up with the wealthy "Joyce" (Patricia Owens), all in the name of acceptability. Meanwhile, he has always been a thorn in the side of "Jehu" (Richard Egan) who takes an opportunity to embroil "Evans" in an ambush which leads to a tragedy for his erstwhile pal "Ping" whilst also courting the now dumped "Callie". Things now come an head - and a somewhat muddy one at that with an ending that I found quite fitting. Richard Fleischer packs a lot into just 90 minutes. The story has much more substance than many with characterisations that illustrate greed, decency and integrity all set against the emergence of the "wild" west into something akin to civilisation - particularly as far as women are concerned. Maybe a stronger cast could have delivered this potent story better? Neither Egan nor Murray can impose themselves on the screen and in the end it was just a bit flat, but certainly till worth catching up with.

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