Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
- love triangle
- parent child relationship
- ranch
- honor
- cattle
- cowboy
- family feud
- pistol duel
- sea captain
- damsel in distress
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gregory Peck
James McKay
Jean Simmons
Julie Maragon
Carroll Baker
Patricia Terrill
Charlton Heston
Steve Leech
- Burl Ives — Rufus Hannassey
- Charles Bickford — Major Henry Terrill
- Alfonso Bedoya — Ramón Guiteras
- Chuck Connors — Buck Hannassey
- Chuck Hayward — Rafe Hannassey
- Buff Brady — Dude Hannassey
- Jim Burk — Blackie / Cracker Hannassey
- Dorothy Adams — Hannassey Woman
- Chuck Roberson — Terrill Cowboy
- Bob Morgan — Terrill Cowboy
- John McKee — Terrill Cowboy
- Directed
- William Wyler
- Written
- Sy Bartlett, James R. Webb, Robert Wilder
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 419 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists, Anthony Productions, Worldwide Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
