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A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.
Harry Morgan
- Ketchum
- (as Henry Morgan)
Robert J. Wilke
- Madden
- (as Robert Wilke)
Emile Avery
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
- Rounds
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaOn the trip from Skagway to Dawson, Stewart calls his horse by his real name: Pie.
- GoofsThe populace of Dawson City (or any Canadian city) never elected a U.S.-style marshal with tin star to police the city. The Mounted Police were present in the Yukon in large numbers before and during the Klondike gold rush to enforce the law.
- Quotes
Skagway Sheriff Gannon: Now it becomes my duty to carry out the sentence which I have imposed on these men for killing and stealing within the territory under my jurisdiction. However, I want it strictly understood that there will be no undo shooting or cheering or drunken talk when I pull that lever on account it would offend the dignity of the occasion.
- Crazy creditsAfter "The End" a title card reads: We gratefully acknowledge the splendid cooperation extended to "The Far Country" cast and crew by all concerned at Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
- ConnectionsEdited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022)
- SoundtracksPRETTY LITTLE PRIMROSE
(uncredited)
Music by Milton Rosen
Lyrics by Frederick Herbert
Performed by Connie Gilchrist, Kathleen Freeman and Connie Van
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Wild doings in gold rush Alaska
A good film with--for its time--an intense, sprawling, rather dark story somewhat reminiscent of John Ford's "The Searchers" though not so brutal. The story starts fast and doesn't let up, with several scenes of really good dialog between (Stewart's) Jeff Webster, Ronda Castle and Sheriff Gannon. This film is in some ways reminiscent of "Bend of the River" (1952), also a Mann-Stewart work, but I found it far less sentimental and more interesting. There are a few caveats: a too-quickly wrapped up (and rather sentimental) ending; 24-year-old Corrine Calvert is not very convincing as a naive French teenager, and of course the film takes place in the Mythic West, a land of fable where the real laws of nations and physics don't apply. But these are trivial concerns. James Stewart is surprisingly good as a dark, disengaged man who thinks he cares for no one but himself, and the mountain scenery can't be beat. A fine Western costume drama.
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- edsevcik
- Dec 20, 2006
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,500,000
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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