Summary
Colorado Territory is an American western first released in 1949,
directed by Raoul Walsh.
The film is based on a novel by W.R. Burnett and stars Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull and John Archer.
It has also been released under the title: North of the Rio Grande.
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Credits
- Director: Raoul Walsh
- Script: W.R. Burnett (novel), Edmund H. North, John Twist
- Photo: Sidney Hickox
- Music: David Buttolph
- Cast: Joel McCrea (Wes McQueen), Virginia Mayo (Colorado Carson), Dorothy Malone (Julie Ann Winslow), Henry Hull (Fred Winslow), John Archer (Reno Blake), James Mitchell (Duke Harris), Morris Ankrum (United States Marshal), Basil Ruysdael (Dave Rickard (’The Old Man’)), Frank Puglia (Brother Tomas), Ian Wolfe (Homer Wallace), Harry Woods (Pluthner), Houseley Stevenson (Prospector), Oliver Blake (Wells Fargo agent), Monte Blue (U.S. Marshal), Hallene Hill (Aunt Georgina), Charles Horvath (Train Guard), Fred Kelsey (Train Engineer), Victor Kilian (Missouri sheriff), James Mitchum (Child), Maudie Prickett (Mrs. Wallace), Frosty Royce (Posse Member), Harry Strang (Stage Guard)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min; B&W
- Aka: North of the Rio Grande
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