Overview

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1959)
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Box office
Grossed $1.6M worldwide
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Mexico
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Setting
Set in Chicago
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Music
Music by George Duning
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr.
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Director: Delmer Daves
Writers: Edmund H. NorthScreenplay
Dalton TrumboScreenplay
Frank HarrisNovel
Status: Released
Release date: January 23, 1958
Original language: English
Revenue: $1.6M
Countries: United States of America

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Phoenix Productions

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