Man Without a Star (1955)

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  • MAN WITHOUT A STAR


    DIRECTED BY KING VIDOR
    UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURES



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Sumamary
    Dempsey Rae, a cowboy with no clear aim in life, winds up working on a spread with a hard lady owner just arrived from the East. She needs a tough new top hand and uses all her means of persuasion to get Rae to take the job. But he doesn't like the way the other settlers are getting treated and starts to side with them, despite their introduction of the barbed wire he loathes.
    Written by Jeremy Perkins


    Cast
    Kirk Douglas ... Dempsey Rae
    Jeanne Crain ... Reed Bowman
    Claire Trevor ... Idonee
    William Campbell ... Jeff Jimson
    Richard Boone ... Steve Miles
    Jay C. Flippen ... Strap Davis
    Myrna Hansen ... Tess Cassidy
    Mara Corday ... Moccasin Mary
    Eddy Waller ... Tom Cassidy (as Eddy C. Waller)
    Sheb Wooley ... Latigo
    George Wallace ... Tom Carter
    Frank Chase ... Little Waco
    Paul Birch ... Mark Toliver
    Roy Barcroft ... Sheriff Olson
    William 'Bill' Phillips ... Cookie (as Wm. "Bill" Phillips)
    Jack Elam ... Knife Murderer (uncredited)
    and many more...


    Directed
    King Vidor


    Writing Credits
    Borden Chase ... (screenplay) and
    D.D. Beauchamp ... (screenplay) (as D. D. Beauchamp)
    Dee Linford ... (novel)


    Produced
    Aaron Rosenberg ... producer


    Music
    Hans J. Salter ... (uncredited)
    Herman Stein ... (uncredited)


    Cinematography
    Russell Metty ... director of photography


    Trivia
    One of the first films that Kirk Douglas made through his production company. The film went on to become a box office hit.


    Three years later, Campbell and Birch would co-star as truck drivers in the popular TV series "Cannonball."


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    When Dempsey Rae and Jeff Jimson are rousted off the train near the beginning of the movie, they are standing in front of a boxcar that has a registration mark painted on the side indicating it was built in December 1923. However, the movie is set in the old West of the late 19th century.


    Continuity
    In the fight scene near the end of movie, Kirk D's hat is on, then off, then on again in a continuing sequence.


    Revealing mistakes
    The name of the ranch is the Triangle, but the branding iron is in the shape of a circle.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA


    Watch the Movie


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • Man Without a Star is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by
    King Vidor starring Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor and William Campbell.
    It was based on the novel of the same name, published in 1952, by Dee Linford.


    User Review


    Flawed but Entertaining
    31 May 2009 | by Claudio Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England