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The Walking Hills is a 1949 contemporary western film directed by John Sturges and starring Randolph Scott and Ella Raines. The film's plot has film noir elements in its story of a search for an old treasure by nine men including a detective tracking a fugitive, several others who have things to hide, and a love triangle involving the two leads and the fugitive. Sturges filmed the movie in the Alabama Hills of California and Death Valley National Monument, locations he returned to a few years later in filming his classic Bad Day at Black Rock.
Original Release
03/05/1949
US Release
03/05/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ella Raines | Chris Jackson |
William Bishop | Dave 'Shep' Wilson / Dave "Shep" Wilson |
Edgar Buchanan | Old Willy |
Arthur Kennedy | Chalk |
John Ireland | Frazee |
Jerome Courtland | Johnny |
Russell Collins | Bibbs |
Josh White | Josh |
Houseley Stevenson | Mr. King |
Reed Howes | Young King |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ella Raines | Chris Jackson |
William Bishop | Dave 'Shep' Wilson / Dave "Shep" Wilson |
Edgar Buchanan | Old Willy |
Arthur Kennedy | Chalk |
John Ireland | Frazee |
Jerome Courtland | Johnny |
Russell Collins | Bibbs |
Josh White | Josh |
Houseley Stevenson | Mr. King |
Reed Howes | Young King |
Charles Stevens | Cleve |
Frank Yaconelli | Bartender |
Randolph Scott | Jim Carey |
Guy Wilkerson | Cowhand |
Eddie Parker | Border Patrolman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Randolph Scott | Producer |
Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
John Haggott | Producer |