In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
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Harry Morgan
- Cottonwood Goss
- (as Henry Morgan)
Noah Beery
- Hansen
- (as Noah Berry Sr.)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Childers
- (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Chris Willow Bird
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Lane Bradford
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
- Brakeman
- (uncredited)
Victor Cox
- Rider in Street by the Train
- (uncredited)
Wade Crosby
- Brakeman
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Second Conductor
- (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Lawrence Hazard
- MacKinlay Kantor
- Gene Fowler(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaMGM purchased the film rights to the novel by MacKinlay Kantor in February 1942 and production of the movie began in October 1942 with W.S. Van Dyke as director and Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Spring Byington, Charley Grapewin, Van Johnson, Morris Ankrum and James Craig. The production was halted and finally shelved after Van Dyke became ill following 4 weeks of shooting, and when it was revived in 1944, only Ankrum and Craig remained in the cast, but in different roles.
- GoofsAfter Rich and the Goss brothers return the sheriff's hat, as they are walking along a sidewalk, a shadow of the boom microphone falls across a post and a barber pole as the camera follows them.
- Quotes
Annie Goss: [talking to herself and the dog] *Blasted* hens are more trouble than they're worth. Coyotes at night and chicken hawks in the daytime... and they don't know what they're in business for... be glad when we get back to where hens can lay an egg without making a face about it.
- SoundtracksGentle Annie
(1856) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Foster
Played during the opening credits and often as background music
Played on an offscreen piano in the saloon
Sung a cappella by Paul Langton
Featured review
Maybe Not So Gentle But Well Loved
Marjorie Main is the title character. This is a Western, basically. But with Main as the lead, it doesn't really feel like one. We already know her as the proprietor of the dude ranch in "The Women" -- hardly a Western -- and (though it came later) as Ma Kettle.
I liked Westerns when I was a child but don't care for them now. Many still do. I think this movie would please the two camps about equally.
It's psychologically quite odd, if watered-down: Main's two sons adore her. And one of them is named Violet. OK.
James Craig is an outsider in town and a central figure in the plot. He was a handsome an underrated actor of this period. I sometimes wonder why certain careers, such as his, didn't take off.
Donna Reed, too, is an outsider. She was very appealing in movies of the 1940s. This one is no exception.
Who knows if it was intentional but the movie is, looking at it now, a little campy. We have the son named Violet. And Main's dog is named Belle. True, she is a daughter of the Confederacy. But it's kind of a grand name for a rancher to give her mongrel dog.
I liked Westerns when I was a child but don't care for them now. Many still do. I think this movie would please the two camps about equally.
It's psychologically quite odd, if watered-down: Main's two sons adore her. And one of them is named Violet. OK.
James Craig is an outsider in town and a central figure in the plot. He was a handsome an underrated actor of this period. I sometimes wonder why certain careers, such as his, didn't take off.
Donna Reed, too, is an outsider. She was very appealing in movies of the 1940s. This one is no exception.
Who knows if it was intentional but the movie is, looking at it now, a little campy. We have the son named Violet. And Main's dog is named Belle. True, she is a daughter of the Confederacy. But it's kind of a grand name for a rancher to give her mongrel dog.
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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