Vengeance Valley
About Vengeance Valley
Owen Daybright, foreman and foster son on Arch Strobie's Colorado ranch, covers for his foster brother Lee when Lily Fasken has Lee's baby. Lee lets the town, and Lily's brothers Dick and Hub, blame Owen. Lee also lies to his wife Jen, steers stolen-cattle trouble toward Owen, and sets the Faskens on him during the spring roundup. Owen kills Dick and then Lee, and tells Arch the whole story.
Cast & crew
More about Vengeance Valley
Richard Thorpe directed in Technicolor from Luke Short's novel. Irving Ravetch wrote the screenplay. George J. Folsey photographed it. MGM did not renew the copyright, and the film entered the public domain in the United States in 1979.
Themes
Reviews
Thomas M. Pryor, in The New York Times, said it had a good deal of excitement and was not a picture he would hand to children on a Saturday afternoon without a warning.
Look
George J. Folsey photographed the Technicolor film, with Colorado locations.
Preservation
Entered the public domain in the United States in 1979 after MGM failed to renew the copyright.
Notes
- Burt Lancaster plays Owen, Robert Walker Lee, Joanne Dru Jen, Sally Forrest Lily, John Ireland Hub, Hugh O'Brian Dick, and Ray Collins Arch.
- Carleton Carpenter plays Hewie, who admits he wants Lily.
- Ted de Corsia plays Herb Backett, who stabs Owen in a fight over steers and later plots with Lee.
Scenes
- Lily holds a gun on her brothers and tells Owen to take them to the sheriff.
- The Faskens shoot Owen off his horse and he kills Lee after the chase.
Influenced by
- Vengeance Valley (Luke Short novel)
Also available
- Internet Archive (VengeanceValley)
