Horizons West (1952)

Horizons West (1952) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Budd Boetticher

Written By:
Louis Stevens

Actors:
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 ..... Hunter
Rodolfo Acosta ..... Gen. José Escobar
Douglas Fowley ..... Ed Tompkins
Walter Reed ..... Layton
Raymond Greenleaf ..... Eli Dodson

Synopsis:

After the American Civil War, the brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to their father's ranch H Circle in Austin, Texas with their friend Tiny. Greedy Dan does not adapt to ranching again and has the intention of raising a fortune of his own. He borrows one thousand dollars from a friend and plays cards with the wealthy Cord Hardin. However he loses five thousand dollars and Hardin humiliates Dan. He recruits dangerous deserters to form a gang, and together they steal the cattle of Cord and other ranchers. Dan raises a large amount of money and returns to Austin, lying that he made a fortune in New Orleans. When Cord kidnaps Neil to interrogate him about his brother's business, Cord's wife Lorna goes to the hotel and tells Dan what is happening at the ranch.

Set in the years following the Civil War, Horizons West stars Robert Ryan as Dan Hammond, one of three Texans who decide to return home after the cessation of hostilities. While his brother Neal (Rock Hudson) and his friend Tiny (James Arness) decide to become ranchers, Dan opts for a more adventurous life out West. Through means both fair and foul (mostly foul), he builds up a veritable empire, defending his turf with legions of hired gunmen. Eventually, the honest Neal is forced to face down his brother Dan, whose megalomania has reached dictatorial dimensions. Julie Adams, still billed as "Julia," plays a self-reliant widow who sets her cap for Dan, who in an earlier scene had gunned down the woman's husband (Raymond Burr)--a characteristically ironic grace-note from director Budd Boetticher.

Home from the Civil War, young Neal Hammond is happy to return to Texas ranching, but brother Dan wants more. His attempt to enter business is thwarted when carpetbagger Cord Hardin beats and humiliates him in a poker game. So Dan forms a rustling gang and parlays his ill-gotten gains into a land empire. But among the growing opposition to his gang is the new Marshal of Austin...brother Neal.

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