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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1200

The Virginian

192991 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 91:49
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Victor Fleming · Public domain

Synopsis

A Wyoming ranch foreman courts a new schoolteacher while trying to keep a childhood friend away from cattle thieves. When the friend joins a raid, duty forces a decision that unsettles the romance. The leader who escaped responsibility remains a threat to the foreman's future.

Cast

Gary Cooper

Walter Huston

Richard Arlen

DirectorsVictor Fleming

Inspirations

Victor Fleming's version brings Owen Wister's novel and its stage adaptation into sound. Gary Cooper's restrained presence helped establish the taciturn screen cowboy associated with his later career.

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Gary Cooper — Eiga no Tomo · Public domain
Walter Huston — studio · Public domain
Richard Arlen — Unkn own · Public domain

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