Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Directed by Delmer Daves
hotel
chicago, illinois
mexico
based on novel or book
forbidden love
cattle drive
native american attack
train
poker game
loan
snake bite
cattle ranch
business partner
tenderfoot
improbable friendship
cattlemen
cattle stampede
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Glenn Ford
Tom Reese
Jack Lemmon
Frank Harris
Anna Kashfi
Maria Vidal / Arriega
Brian Donlevy
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Dick York
Charlie, Trailhand
Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Paco Mendoza, Ramrod
Richard Jaeckel
Paul Curtis
King Donovan
Joe Capper, Trailhand
Vaughn Taylor
Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
Donald Randolph
Senor Vidal, Maria's Father
James Westerfield
Mike Adams
Eugene Iglesias
Don Manuel Arriega
Crew
Delmer Daves
Director
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
George Duning
Original Music Composer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
ruth
4.2★ · 04/08/25
i feel like the reviews and i watched two different movies
i feel like the reviews and i watched two different movies