Burt Lancaster
Owen Daybright
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Synopsis
A ranch foreman's concern for a new mother draws him into a dispute about her child's father. His foster brother and the family around the ranch have reasons to conceal the truth. Silence turns an act of help into a source of accusation and violence.
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DirectorsRichard Thorpe
Inspirations
Luke Short's novel grounds the Western conflict in family obligations and sexual responsibility. Contemporary reviews recognised that these themes made it more complicated than routine adventure entertainment for children.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Burt Lancaster — Hal Wallis Productions · Public domain
- Robert Walker — Warner Bros. press photo · Public domain
- John Ireland — Studio Publicity · Public domain
- Joanne Dru — Bureau of Industrial Service. During the 1950s and 1960s, networks, studios and program sponsors often distributed publicty material through an ad or publicity agency. The "Bureau" was used by all of them at times during this period and was used quite extensively during this time. It was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam. · Public domain
