- Along the Great Divide
Infobox Film
name =Along the Great Divide
image_size = 200px
caption = Poster
director =Raoul Walsh
producer =Anthony Veiller
writer =Walter Doniger Lewis Meltzer
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starring =Kirk Douglas
music =
cinematography =Sidney Hickox
editing =Thomas Reilly
distributor =Warner Bros. Pictures
released =2 June 1951
runtime = 88 minutes
country = USA
language =English language
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id = 0043276Along the Great Divide is a 1951 American
western film directed byRaoul Walsh . The film starsKirk Douglas .Plot
Marshal Merrick escorts a murder suspect to justice, opposed by a lynch-minded rancher.Feeling responsible for his father's death, marshal Merrick (
Kirk Douglas ) seeks redemption. He gets his chance when he saves murder suspect Walter Brennan from a lynch mob. The grateful Brennan accompanies Douglas to another town, where he can get a fair trial. Though found guilty, Brennan is rescued when Douglas nails the real killer. Along the Great Divide was Kirk Douglas' first western (he'd been rejected for the Montgomery Clift role in Red River).Cast
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Kirk Douglas ... Marshal Len Merrick
*Virginia Mayo ... Ann Keith
*John Agar ... Billy Shear *
*Walter Brennan ... Tim 'Pop' Keith
*Ray Teal ... Deputy Lou Gray
*Hugh Sanders ... Sam Weaver
*Morris Ankrum ... Ned Roden
*James Anderson ... Dan Roden
*Charles Meredith ... Judge Marlowe
*Sam Ash ... Defense counsel
*Lane Chandler ... Sheriff
*Zon Murray ... Jake Wilson
*Guy Wilkerson ... Jury foreman
*Steve Clark ... Witness (uncredited)
*Steve Darrell ... Prosecutor (uncredited)
*Al Ferguson ... Bailiff (uncredited)
*Carl Harbaugh ... Jerome (uncredited)
*Kenneth MacDonald ... Crowley (rancher) (uncredited)References
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