Red Canyon (1949 film)

Red Canyon
Red Canyon
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	Maurice Geraghty
Based on	Zane Grey (novel)
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Ann Blyth; Howard Duff; George Brent
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Music by	Walter Scharf
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 5, 1949;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Red Canyon is a 1949 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Ann Blyth, Howard Duff and George Brent. It was based on the novel Wildfire by Zane Grey.

Plot

The plot revolves around Black Velvet, a wild stallion that runs rampant across the range. Two people, reformed bad man Lin Sloan (played by Howard Duff) and tomboyish farmer's daughter Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), think they can tame him. In the process, they tame each other.

Cast

Ann Blyth as Lucy Bostel
Howard Duff as Lin Sloan
George Brent as Matthew Bostel
Edgar Buchanan as Jonah Johnson
John McIntire as Floyd Cordt
Chill Wills as Brackton
Jane Darwell as Aunt Jane
Lloyd Bridges as Virgil Cordt
James Seay as Joel Creech
Edmund MacDonald as Farlane
David Clarke as Sears
Denver Pyle as Hutch
Willard W. Willingham as Van (as William Willingham)

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Duk Creek, Cascade Falls, Kanab Canyon, Kanab Race Track, Aspen Mirror Lake, Paria, Tibbets Valley, and Bryce Canyon in Utah.^[1]^: 288

References

^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

External links

Red Canyon at IMDb
Red Canyon at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Red Canyon at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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