Horizons West (1952)

October 11, 1952 (US) • Western • 81m

Overview

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Director

Budd Boetticher

Writers

Louis Stevens, Louis Stevens

Top Billed

Robert Ryan

Keywords

sibling relationship marshal texas

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Top Billed Cast

Robert Ryan

Dan Hammond

Julie Adams

Lorna Hardin

Rock Hudson

Neil Hammond

Judith Braun

Sally Eaton

John McIntire

Ira Hammond

Raymond Burr

Cord Hardin

James Arness

Tiny McGilligan

Dennis Weaver

Dandy Taylor

Frances Bavier

Martha Hammond

Tom Powers

Frank Tarleton

John Hubbard

Sam Hunter

Rodolfo Acosta

General Jose Escobar Lopez

Douglas Fowley

Ed Tompkins

Walter Reed

Layton

Raymond Greenleaf

Eli Dodson

Dan Poore

Frank Chase

Borden

Mae Clarke

Mrs. Jane Tarleton

Emile Avery

Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Joe Bailey

Embittered Texan (uncredited)

George Bell

Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Robert Bice

Townsman (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Barfly (uncredited)

Fred Coby

Townsman (uncredited)

Edward Coch

Juan McGilligan (uncredited)

Russell Custer

Rancher (uncredited)

Claude Dunkin

Townsman (uncredited)

Clem Fuller

Gang Member (uncredited)

Slim Gaut

American (uncredited)

Charlie Gibbs

Townsman (uncredited)

Helen Gibson

Townswoman (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Judge Smithers (uncredited)

Chick Hannan

Rancher (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Bartender (uncredited)

Dean Henson

American (uncredited)

Chuck Hicks

Barfly (uncredited)

Ed Hinkle

Ed (uncredited)

Chester Jones

Townsman (uncredited)

Bert Kennedy

Rabble-Rouser (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Peter Mamakos

Lt. Salazar (uncredited)

Tommy Mann

Dick Tarleton (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Rancher (uncredited)

Paul McGuire

Townsman (uncredited)

Tyler McVey

Poker Player (uncredited)

Victor Millan

Mexican Soldier (uncredited)

Ewing Mitchell

Poker Player (uncredited)

Lillian Molieri

Teresa (uncredited)

Tom Monroe

Marshal Jim Clawson (uncredited)

Monte Montague

Doctor (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

M. Auriel (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Poker Player (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Barfly (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Barfly (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Northerner (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Rancher (uncredited)

Tommy Riste

Al (uncredited)

Alex Sharp

Townsman (uncredited)

George Sowards

Townsman (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Hardin's Man at Table (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Rancher (uncredited)

Paulette Turner

Celeste McGilligan (uncredited)

Joe Walls

Townsman (uncredited)

Dan White

Dennis (uncredited)

Crew

Charles P. Boyle

Director of Photography

Albert J. Cohen

Producer

Budd Boetticher

Director

Louis Stevens

Story

Louis Stevens

Screenplay

Ted J. Kent

Editor

Joseph Gershenson

Music Director

Bernard Herzbrun

Art Direction

Joseph E. Kenney

Assistant Director

Joseph Kish

Set Decoration

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Joan St. Oegger

Hair Designer

Rosemary Odell

Costume Design

Robert Clatworthy

Art Direction

Leslie I. Carey

Sound

Robert Pritchard

Sound

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Henry Mancini

Original Music Composer

Herman Stein

Original Music Composer

William Nunley

Props

Emile Avery

Stunts

Richard Farnsworth

Stunts

Eddie Parker

Stunts

Alex Sharp

Stunts

Paul Stader

Stunt Double

William Fritzsche

Color Designer

Ethmer Roten

Musician

Milton Rosen

Additional Music

Miklós Rózsa

Additional Music

Walter Scharf

Additional Music

Frank Skinner

Additional Music

Irvin Berwick

Dialogue Coach

Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 6/10

May 3, 2017

You are leaving Texas at your own peril. You are about to enter Zona Libre.

Horizons West is directed by Budd Boetticher with a story written by Louis Stevens. It stars Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Julia Adams, John McIntire, Raymond Burr & Dennis Weaver. It's a Technicolor production with Charles P. Boyle on photography.

It's the end of the Civil War and the Hammond brothers Neal (Hudson) and Dan (Ryan) return to the family ranch in Texas. Neal is happy to graft away on the ranch but Dan wants considerably more. But Dan's plans are altered after an encounter with Cord Hardin (Burr), an encounter that sees Dan switch to the wrong side of the law. A switch that drives a wedge thru the Hammond family, particularly since Neal has decided to don a badge and become a Marshal of Austin.

Interesting and watchable early Western effort from Budd Boetticher. It has some psychological aspects that mark it out as being above average. Themes of greed and family strife are of course nothing new in the grand scheme of the Western movie, but Boetticher and his cast knit them together here with some conviction, notably Ryan who was in the middle of a great run of movies that included On Dangerous Ground, Beware, My Lovely and The Naked Spur. There's no real complexities to the characters, but they are well formed, and the finale has the courage of its convictions. There's also some very neat period costuming from Rosemary Odell, with the quite ravishing Adams benefiting greatly there. The main problematic issues outside of some narrative familiarity come with being asked to believe that Ryan and Hudson (whose limp) are brothers, and that McIntire is Ryan's father (there's only two years between them in reality). Whilst there's sadly a lack of impacting outdoor photography; even if that's off set a touch by the easy on the eye set designs for the town by Russell A. Gausman & Joseph Kish.

A more than adequate time filler for the discerning Western fan. 6/10

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Horizons West (1952)

Louis Stevens, Louis Stevens

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