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Colorado Territory is a 1949 American Western film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone.Written by Edmund H. North and John Twist, and based on the novel High Sierra by W.R. Burnett, the film is about an outlaw who is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job.
Colorado Territory: Raoul Walsh: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone: Western: Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra: Come to the Stable: Henry Koster: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe: Drama: 20th Century Fox: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Tay Garnett: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke: Musical comedy
Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.
During the American Civil War a Confederate officer who is also a Captain in the Union Cavalry is keeping Federal troops in the Colorado Territory from reinforcing their armies in the East by forming an alliance of secessionists, outlaws, and opportunists as well as arming hostile Indians.
John Twist (July 14, 1898 – February 11, 1976) was an American screenwriter whose career spanned four decades.. Born in Albany, Missouri, Twist began his career in the silent film era, providing the story for such films as Breed of Courage, Blockade, and The Big Diamond Robbery.
After the War, Courtland starred opposite Shirley Temple in Kiss and Tell, followed by appearances in more than a dozen films including The Man From Colorado (1948), Battleground (1949), The Palomino (1950), The Barefoot Mailman (1951), and Take the High Ground (1953). [1] He was a licensed pilot and trained in stunt flying.
On one cold November morning in 1864, more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, mostly women and children, were murdered in one of the worst massacres in American history.
The Western Colorado Territory (1949), starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo, and also directed by Raoul Walsh, was also based on W. R. Burnett's novel. [9] I Died a Thousand Times (1955), starring Jack Palance and Shelley Winters, directed by Stuart Heisler was based on Burnett's novel as well. [9]