When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes and his wife Louise. Wes has big dreams of owning his own little farm, and rodeo winnings could help finance it. Wes convinces Jeff to coach him in the rodeo ways, but Louise has her doubts. She doesn't want her man to end up a broken down rodeo bum like Jeff McCloud. Despite Louise's concern, the threesome hit the road in their Woody, chucking a secure present for an unknown future. Will they find success or sorrow? This picture features plenty of rodeo action and thrills. Written by Thomas McWilliams
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Susan Hayward | Louise Merritt |
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Robert Mitchum | Jeff McCloud |
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Arthur Kennedy | Wes Merritt |
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Arthur Hunnicutt | Booker Davis |
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Frank Faylen | Al Dawson |
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Walter Coy | Buster Burgess |
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Carol Nugent | Rusty Davis |
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Maria Hart | Rosemary Maddox |
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Lorna Thayer | Grace Burgess |
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Burt Mustin | Jeremiah Watrus |
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Karen Randle | Ginny Logan |
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Jimmie Dodd | Red Logan |
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Eleanor Todd | Babs |
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Emile Avery | Cowboy at Knife Fight |
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Barbara Blaine | Bit Part |
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Hazel Boyne | Bit Part |
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Robert Bray | Fritz |
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Ralph Bucko | Rodeo Official |
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Roy Bucko | Rodeo Official |
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Bob Burrows | Cowboy |
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Mary Jane Carey | Bit Part |
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Lane Chandler | 4th Rodeo Announcer |
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Sam Flint | Doctor |
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Bob Folkerson | Rodeo Cowboy |
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Clem Fuller | Cowboy |
| Director | Nicholas Ray |
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| Robert Parrish |
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| Writer | Horace McCoy, David Dortort, Claude Stanush, Alfred Hayes, Andrew Solt, Jerry Wald | |
| Producer | Tom Gries, Norman Krasna, Jerry Wald | |
| Musician | Roy Webb | |
| Photography | Lee Garmes | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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