The Longhorn

1951 film by Lewis D. Collins

For other uses, see Longhorn (disambiguation).

The Longhorn

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Directed by| Lewis D. Collins
Written by| Daniel B. Ullman
Produced by| Vincent M. Fennelly
Starring| Wild Bill Elliott
Myron Healey
Phyllis Coates
Cinematography| Ernest Miller
Edited by| Richard V. Heermance
Music by| Raoul Kraushaar
Mort Glickman

Production
company

Frontier Pictures

Distributed by| Monogram Pictures

Release date

* November 25, 1951 (1951-11-25)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Longhorn is a 1951 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, and Phyllis Coates.[1] It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. It was remade as the 1956 film Canyon River.

## Plot

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The movie opens as Wyoming rancher Jim Kirk flees three bandits intent on robbing the money he earned by selling his Texas Longhorn herd. Back at his ranch, Kirk explains to his cowhand Andy that he is carrying a cashier's check made out to him, because he feared being robbed.

Kirk tells Andy that the price for Longhorns has fallen steeply. Kirk has a plan to breed Longhorns with Hereford cattle. He shows Andy a prototype that he has bred, which will have the stamina of a Longhorn and yield as much beef as a Hereford. The only place to get a herd of Herefords is in Oregon, and driving them all the way back to Wyoming seems insane to everyone but Kirk.

When Kirk deposits his check in town, Andy slips away to meet with Latimer, the gang leader who engineered the failed robbery of Kirk. Andy tells Latimer about Kirk's plan, and they agree to hijack the Herefords as Kirk drives them back to his ranch.

On their way to Oregon, Andy is shot by Native American horse thieves. Kirk walks on foot for miles to find a doctor, who just manages to save Andy's life. While Andy recovers, Kirk buys a herd of Herefords and tries to hire a road crew. Most men turn him down, because driving Herefords over the open range seems impossible. The only men who agree are a bunch of outlaws whom nobody else will hire.

The cattle drive back to Wyoming is arduous, and the crew grows restless when they run out of meat. Kirk refuses to butcher one of the Herefords. Meanwhile, Andy meets with Latimer to plot the hijacking of the herd. They agree to start a stampede and force the cattle into a canyon, where they will kill Kirk and his crew.

Just before Andy is supposed to start the stampede, Kirk tells Andy that he will be the foreman of the crew when they return to Kirk's ranch, and he also offers Andy an ownership stake in the herd. When the stampede begins, Andy regrets his betrayal, and fires on Latimer and his henchmen. He is killed in the gun battle, but he helps to thwart Latimer's plan. The film ends as Kirk arrives back at his ranch with his Herefords.

## Cast

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* Wild Bill Elliott as Jim Kirk
* Myron Healey as Andy
* Phyllis Coates as Gail
* I. Stanford Jolley as Charlie Robinson
* Lane Bradford as Purdy
* John Hart as Moresby
* Marshall Reed as Latimer
* William Fawcett as Ben - bartender
* Lee Roberts as Clark - Cowhand
* Carol Henry as Frank - henchman
* Zon Murray as Tyler

## References

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1. ^ Martin, Len D. (2001) [1993]. The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978. McFarland & Company. p. 171\. ISBN 0786411139.

## External links

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* The Longhorn at IMDb

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Films directed by Lewis D. Collins

* Under the Southern Cross (1929)
* Young Desire (1930)
* The Law of the Tong (1931)
* Guns for Hire (1932)
* Gun Law (1933)
* Trouble Busters (1933)
* Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
* Skyway (1933)
* Via Pony Express (1933)
* Public Stenographer (1933)
* Sing Sing Nights (1934)
* Ticket to a Crime (1934)
* The Man from Hell (1934)
* The Brand of Hate (1934)
* Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
* Make a Million (1935)
* The Desert Trail (1935)
* The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)
* The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
* The Leavenworth Case (1936)
* The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
* Doughnuts and Society (1936)
* Down to the Sea (1936)
* Lucky Corrigan (1936)
* Under Suspicion (1937)
* The Mighty Treve (1937)
* The Wildcatter (1937)
* Trapped by G-Men (1937)
* Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
* Reformatory (1938)
* The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
* Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)
* Making the Headlines (1938)
* Whispering Enemies (1939)
* Fugitive at Large (1939)
* Trapped in the Sky (1939)
* Hidden Power (1939)
* Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
* Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
* Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
* The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
* Borrowed Hero (1941)
* The Great Swindle (1941)
* Danger in the Pacific (1942)
* Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
* Raiders of San Joaquin (1943)
* Oklahoma Raiders (1944)
* Trigger Trail (1944)
* Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
* The Old Texas Trail (1944)
* Danger Woman (1946)
* Killer Dill (1947)
* Heading for Heaven (1947)
* Jungle Goddess (1948)
* The Fighting Redhead (1949)
* Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949)
* Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)
* Ride, Ryder, Ride! (1949)
* Law of the Panhandle (1950)
* Cherokee Uprising (1950)
* Hot Rod (1950)
* Colorado Ambush (1951)
* Abilene Trail (1951)
* Oklahoma Justice (1951)
* Man from Sonora (1951)
* Nevada Badmen (1951)
* Stage to Blue River (1951)
* Canyon Raiders (1951)
* Stagecoach Driver (1951)
* Lawless Cowboys (1951)
* The Longhorn (1951)
* Texas Lawmen (1951)
* Texas City (1952)
* The Gunman (1952)
* Wild Stallion (1952)
* Kansas Territory (1952)
* Fargo (1952)
* Dead Man's Trail (1952)
* Canyon Ambush (1952)
* Waco (1952)
* Montana Incident (1952)
* The Marksman (1953)
* Vigilante Terror (1953)
* Texas Bad Man (1953)
* The Homesteaders (1953)
* Two Guns and a Badge (1954)

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