Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
Cinematography
Franz Planer's Texas landscapes that swallow egos whole.
Acting
Burl Ives steals every scene as the desperately proud Rufus.
Score
Jerome Moross's brassy theme—basically the sound of Manifest Destiny.
Director
William Wyler
Gregory Peck
James McKay
Jean Simmons
Julie Maragon
Carroll Baker
Patricia Terrill
Charlton Heston
Steve Leech
Burl Ives
Rufus Hannassey
Charles Bickford
Major Henry Terrill
Alfonso Bedoya
Ramón Guiteras
Chuck Connors
Buck Hannassey
Chuck Hayward
Rafe Hannassey
Dorothy Adams
Hannassey Woman
Chuck Roberson
Terrill Cowboy
Bob Morgan
Terrill Cowboy
John McKee
Terrill Cowboy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston genuinely despised each other; Wyler used it.
Released the same year as 'Touch of Evil' and 'The Searchers'—this was the Western genre eating itself, questioning its own myths.
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