Canyon River (film)

Canyon River
Canyon River
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harmon Jones
Screenplay by	Daniel B. Ullman
Story by	Daniel B. Ullman
Produced by	Richard Heermance
Starring	George Montgomery
Cinematography	Ellsworth Fredericks
Edited by	George White
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Color process	Color by DeLuxe
Production; company	Scott R. Dunlap Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	August 5, 1956;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Canyon River is a 1956 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring George Montgomery.^[1]

It is a remake of the 1951 film The Longhorn.

It received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Plot

A cattleman, Steve Patrick, goes south to pick up breeding stock that he can cross-breed to withstand his Wyoming ranch's winters, but his foreman is in cahoots with a crooked businessman from the ranch's hometown in Wyoming. They plan to buy up ranchland in that area, do away with the cattleman and steal his herd he's driving in from Oregon or elsewhere. Near the end of the movie and before they reach a planned 'stampede to steal the cattle', Patrick likes Bob Andrews and offers him a share of his 6,000-acre (2,428.1 ha) ranch and also some cattle. Andrews decides this would be a great deal and tries to call off the 'crooked deal' he made with the crooked investor and his hired guns, but the cattle do stampede anyway and Graves is critically injured trying to stop them. In the end Patrick maintains his cattle and ranch ownership. So, the 'good guy' wins. On the trail drive, there had been a shortage of 'meat' to feed the crew, because the boss Patrick wouldn't kill a beef from his herd. The crew was about to mutiny, until a 'deer' was killed and steaks were served. Along the way a romance between Patrick and a widow, Janet Hale, blossoms. However, Andrews is also in love with her.

Cast

George Montgomery as Steve Patrick
Marcia Henderson as Janet Hale
Peter Graves as Bob Andrews
Richard Eyer as Chuck Hale
Walter Sande as Maddox
Robert J. Wilke as Joe Graycoe
Alan Hale Jr. as George Lynch
John Harmon as Ben
Jack Lambert as Kincaid
William Fawcett as Jergens

References

^ Wallmann, Jeffrey M. (1999). The Western: Parables of the American Dream. Texas Tech University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89672-423-5.

External links

Canyon River at IMDb
Canyon River at AllMovie
Canyon River at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[Wallmann1999-1] Wallmann, Jeffrey M. (1999). The Western: Parables of the American Dream. Texas Tech University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89672-423-5.

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