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Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

William Gulick (novel)
John Gay (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

23 June 1965 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Western more

Tagline:

See How The West Was Fun! more

Plot:

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
 (From IMDb News. 19 August 2004)

Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
 (From IMDb News. 18 August 2004)

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Unusual but enjoyable more (32 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Lancaster ... Col. Thaddeus Gearhart
Lee Remick ... Cora Templeton Massingale
Jim Hutton ... Capt. Paul Slater
Pamela Tiffin ... Louise Gearhart

Donald Pleasence ... 'Oracle' Jones
Brian Keith ... Frank Wallingham

Martin Landau ... Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
John Anderson ... Sgt. Buell
Tom Stern ... Kevin O'Flaherty

Robert J. Wilke ... Chief Five Barrels
Dub Taylor ... Clayton Howell
Whit Bissell ... Hobbs
Helen Kleeb ... Henrietta

Val Avery ... Denver bartender
Noam Pitlik ... Interpreter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:

165 min | 156 min (TCM print) | USA:146 min (Cinemax) | West Germany:134 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | Norway:12 | West Germany:6 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #20607) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:U


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Bill Williams died performing a stunt with a colleague during this shoot. The stunt called for Williams and another stuntman to guide a horse-drawn wagon toward a cliff. As the horses separated, both men were supposed to jump clear as the wagon continued over the cliff. Williams didn't manage to jump clear in time and died during the fall. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When the townspeople and miners first meet with Oracle Jones, the cork of the whiskey bottle appears and disappears atop the table where Jones is playing solitaire. more

Quotes:

Col. Thaddeus Gearhart: Give a woman an acorn and the next thing you know you're up to your rump in oak trees. more


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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Unusual but enjoyable, 19 March 2002
9/10
Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

I think Lancaster was at his best and Lee Remick simply did not know how to give an inadequate performance. Some reviewers here whine and chime about the lack of perfection, but who knows (or cares, for that matter) what they have in their mind. This is a funny movie. I remember seeing it in the theater and laughing all the way through it. No, it's not a serious film at all but dang it, just seeing Donald Pleasance give out those wild-eyed glossalalia-like cries after a taste of the demon likker, was worth the price of a ticket. I loved this film and enjoyed Lee Remick in everything I ever saw her in. Martin Landau, an underappreciated actor who later came to fame in the TV series, MI (long before those corny psuedotechno-thriller movies with Tom Cruise)and for his great Role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, is great as the blue-eyed Native American. I especially liked old Brian Keith as the entrepreneur declaring himself to be a "Republican," and Robert Wilke, another great character actor as Chief Five Barrels. While this film may please all (I've yet to see or read about one that has), I found it a delightful romp.

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