Pursued (1947)

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  • PURSUED


    DIRECTED BY RAUL WALSH
    PRODUCED BY MILTON SPERLING
    UNITED STATES PICTURES
    WARNER BROS. PICTURES



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    In the 1880s orphan Jeb Rand is raised by the Callum family on their horse ranch
    after his own family is killed. Jeb is haunted by this childhood trauma in a recurring nightmare
    of flashing spurs and confinement inside a trap door as his family is murdered.
    Widow Callum does her best to make Jeb feel loved as he is growing up,
    but the young man stubbornly maintains a sense of his own identity.
    While he has great affection for his foster-sister Thor, his relationship with her brother Adam
    is tenuous at best, especially when Jeb blames him for shooting the colt that he was riding.
    Although Mrs. Callum blames the incident on deer hunters, she is aware that the shooting
    was actually the attempted murder of the youngster by her brother-in-law Grant,
    a shadowy figure who, for vague reasons, is determined to hurt Jeb.
    Jeb loses a coin flip with Adam, and becomes the designated family volunteer to fight in the
    Spanish-American War. Jeb returns a hero, but does not find happiness. Although ...
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    Full Cast
    Teresa Wright ... Thor
    Robert Mitchum ... Jeb
    Judith Anderson ... Mrs. Callum
    Dean Jagger ... Grant
    Alan Hale ... Jake Dingle
    John Rodney ... Adam
    Harry Carey Jr. ... Prentice
    Clifton Young ... The Sergeant
    Ernest Severn ... Jeb, age 11
    Charles Bates ... Adam, age 11
    Peggy Miller ... Thor, age 10
    Norman Jolley ... A Callum
    Lane Chandler ... A Callum
    Elmer Ellingwood ... A Callum
    Jack Montgomery ... A Callum
    Ray Teal ... Army Captain (scenes deleted)
    Erville Alderson ... Townsman at Trial (uncredited)
    Virginia Brissac ... Woman at the wedding (uncredited)
    Ben Corbett ... Juror (uncredited)
    Lester Dorr ... Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)
    Tom Fadden ... The Minister (uncredited)
    Scotty Hugenberg ... Jed, age 4 (uncredited)
    Kathy Jeanne Johnson ... Thorley, age 3 (uncredited)
    Mickey Little ... Adam, age 4 (uncredited)
    Ian MacDonald ... A Callum (uncredited)
    Eddy Waller ... Ben McComber (uncredited)
    Ian Wolfe ... Coroner (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Niven Busch (screenplay)


    Original Music
    Max Steiner


    Cinematography
    James Wong Howe


    Trivia
    The film Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors) watched on the night he died (July 3, 1971).


    Goofs
    Revealing mistakes
    After Adam is shot, a dummy is used to show his body rolling down the hill. The incline is not great and a stuntman could easily have been used, so the obvious dummy is a jarring note.


    Although some of the outdoor vistas are breathtaking, the standard establishing shot of the ranch is shot indoors with a quite obvious painted canvas backdrop.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Gallup, New Mexico, USA
    Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA (studio)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Pursued is a 1947 movie starring Robert Mitchum
    that combines western, film noir and psychological melodrama.
    The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe.



    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Pursed is now available on a beautiful Blu-ray or standard DVD from those wonderful people at Olive Films. ;) I was really happy to add this one to my collection. :)