The Proud Ones (1956)

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  • THE PROUD ONES


    DIRECTED BY FOBERT D. WEBB
    MUSIC BY LIONEL NEWMAN
    TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Marshal Silver is run out of town under suspicion of being a trigger-happy killer after shooting a hired gun of Honest John Barrett. A placid life in a new town is interrupted by the reappearance of Barrett, old enemies and the son of the hired gun from years ago, Anderson.
    Written by Doug White

    Cast
    Robert Ryan ... Marshal Cass Silver
    Virginia Mayo ... Sally
    Jeffrey Hunter ... Thad Anderson
    Robert Middleton ... Honest John Barrett
    Walter Brennan ... Jake
    Arthur O'Connell ... Jim Dexter
    Ken Clark ... Pike
    Rodolfo Acosta ... Chico
    George Mathews ... Dillon
    Fay Roope ... Markham
    Edward Platt ... Dr. Barlow
    Whit Bissell ... Mr. Sam Bolton
    William Fawcett ... Driver (uncredited)
    and many more...


    Directed
    Robert D. Webb


    Writing Credits
    Edmund H. North ... (screenplay) (as Edmund North) and
    Joseph Petracca ... (screenplay)
    Verne Athanas ... (novel)


    Produced
    Robert L. Jacks ... producer


    Music
    Lionel Newman


    Cinematography
    Lucien Ballard


    Trivia
    After the purchase of the novel in December 1952 Victor Mature, Robert Wagner and Debra Paget were tentatively set for the leads and that Frank P. Rosenberg was going to produce for 20th Century Fox.


    On November 2, 1955, it was announced that Gary Cooper was to star and that Gerd Oswald was to direct, and week later it was stated that Guy Madison was to play Thad.


    By late December 1955, it was announced that Robert Stack was to star, and that Guy Madison had dropped out of the cast to appear in Hilda Crane (1956).


    In February 1955 Gregory Peck was set to star.


    Average Shot Length = ~12.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.4 seconds.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    The bowls on the table (at 8.21 mins - 8.26 mins) disappear/are re-arranged between shots.


    Factual errors
    When the sheriff brings in two men for attempted robbery, he puts them in the cell without removing their gun belts.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • The Proud Ones is a 1956 western film directed by
    Robert D. Webb and starring Robert Ryan and Virginia Mayo.


    Apart from Robert Ryan,
    look out for Duke 'Pals' Walter Brennan, Jeffery Hunter, Wiliam Fawcett



    User Review


    Good solid Western Action!
    19 September 2005 | by BOB L'ALOGE (southwestern Arizona)

    Quote from bob

    The Proud Ones is just that: A Western about the proud men of the Old West starring Robert Ryan and Virginia Mayo and a host of other good performers. The plot is simple: A lawman is trying to keep peace in town when the trail drovers arrive. One of them, a young cowboy with two sixguns on his hips, has a grudge against the lawman because the lawman killed his father a few years earlier in another town. Ryan, playing the lawman, takes the youth under his wings and trains him. Eventually, he comes around. But that is not the main problem. Ryan, suffering a wound, is having trouble with his eye-sight and it's effecting his work. That will pose a great problem before the movie ends

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England