The Naked Hills

The Naked Hills
The Naked Hills
Directed by	Josef Shaftel
Written by	Helen S. Bilkie (story); Josef Shaftel (screenplay);
Produced by	Josef Shaftel
Starring	David Wayne; Keenan Wynn; James Barton;
Cinematography	Frederick Gately
Edited by	Gene Fowler Jr.
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Production; company	La Salle Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	June 17, 1956;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Naked Hills is a 1956 American Western film directed by Josef Shaftel, starring David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, and James Barton.

Plot summary

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty years old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.

Cast

David Wayne as Tracy Powell
Keenan Wynn as Sam Wilkins
James Barton as Jimmo McCann
Marcia Henderson as Julie
Jim Backus as Willis Haver
Denver Pyle as Bert Killian / Narrator
Myrna Dell as Aggie
Lewis L. Russell as Baxter
Frank Fenton as Harold
Fuzzy Knight as Pitch Man
Jim Hayward as Counter Man
Christopher Olsen as Billy as a Boy
Steven Terrell as Billy as a Young Man

Soundtrack

James Barton – "The Four Seasons" (Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert, lyrics by Bob Russell)

External links

The Naked Hills at IMDb
The Naked Hills at Rotten Tomatoes
The Naked Hills is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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