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The Proud Rebel is a 1958 Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest. Despite the implications of the title, the main character in "The Proud Rebel" does not dwell much on his Southern past, but finds his life complicated by sectional prejudice.
The film stars Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd and Cecil Kellaway and co-stars Harry Dean Stanton (credited as Dean Stanton) in an early film appearance. The Proud Rebel influenced the famous Indian artist Kishore Kumar, who remade it as Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein in 1964 starring his real-life son Amit Kumar playing the role of the mute son.
Original Release
07/01/1958
US Release
07/01/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alan Ladd | John Chandler |
Olivia de Havilland | Linnett Moore |
Dean Jagger | Harry Burleigh |
David Ladd | David Chandler |
Cecil Kellaway | Dr. Enos Davis (Quaker) / Dr. Enos Davis |
Harry Dean Stanton | Jeb Burleigh |
James Westerfield | Birm Bates |
Henry Hull | Judge Morley |
Tom Pittman | Tom Burleigh |
Eli Mintz | Mr. Gorman / Gorman |
Directors
Writers
Joseph Petracca, Lillie Hayward, James Edward Grant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alan Ladd | John Chandler |
Olivia de Havilland | Linnett Moore |
Dean Jagger | Harry Burleigh |
David Ladd | David Chandler |
Cecil Kellaway | Dr. Enos Davis (Quaker) / Dr. Enos Davis |
Harry Dean Stanton | Jeb Burleigh |
James Westerfield | Birm Bates |
Henry Hull | Judge Morley |
Tom Pittman | Tom Burleigh |
Eli Mintz | Mr. Gorman / Gorman |
John Carradine | Traveling Salesman |
King | Lance, David's Dog |
Percy Helton | Photographer |
Karoly Makk | Bit part |
Dan White | Court Clerk |
Mary Wickes | Mrs. Ainsley |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1959 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
1959 | Golden Globe | Won | |
1959 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |