The Proud Ones (1956)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Robert D. Webb

Writers:

Edmund H. North (screenplay) and
Joseph Petracca (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

May 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Tagline:

A MAN OF FIERCE PRIDE...and six-guns to match!

Plot:

Marshal Silver is run out of town under suspicion of being a trigger-happy killer after shooting a hired gun of Honest John Barrett...

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Casino | Kansas | Grudge | Marked Deck

Cast

Robert Ryan	...	Marshal Cass Silver
Virginia Mayo	...	Sally
Jeffrey Hunter	...	Thad Anderson
Robert Middleton	...	Honest John Barrett
Walter Brennan	...	Jake
Arthur O'Connell	...	Jim Dexter
Ken Clark	...	Pike
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Chico
George Mathews	...	Dillon
Fay Roope	...	Markham
Edward Platt	...	Dr. Barlow
Whit Bissell	...	Mr. Sam Bolton

Runtime:

94 min | 90 min (FMC Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #17931) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Average Shot Length = ~12.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.4 seconds.

Quotes:

[Cass throws Dillon in jail]
Dillon, Palace Saloon Manager: You think you can keep me in here?
Cass Silver, Marshal Flat Rock Kansas: No. You're going to hang, Dillon.

Soundtrack:

The Proud Ones

A Cinemascope reworking of "Red Skies of Montana"

Twentieth-Century-Fox was second only to Warner Bros. in rehashing the plot lines of its earlier films. "The Proud Ones" was made a mere four years after "Red Skies of Montana" - but the similarities between the films are only too obvious. The newer film even features the same star, Jeffrey Hunter. Not only that, "The Proud Ones" incorporates music cues that Sol Kaplan composed for "Red Skies of Montana." The story of the Cinemascope picture is bound to evoke deja vu: a young upstart seeks vengeance on an older man he believes is responsible for the death of his father. As the young man, Jeffrey Hunter deserves credit for lending credibility to a character whose actions are anything but credible. He did the same miraculous job in "Red Skies of Montana." If anyone thinks Hunter was just a pretty face, his subtle work in these films should prove he had much more to offer.

The rest of the cast in "The Proud Ones" is also excellent, helping to make this one heck of a movie. Unlike its also good predecessor, this "remake" is a western. The genre was obviously chosen to make it seem different from the original. But make no mistake, the two movies are essentially the same. Watch them both and enjoy!