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Cariboo Trail

Released Aug 1, 1950 1h 21m Western List
Reviews 42% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Though most men are concerned with prospecting gold, American ranchers Jim Redfern (Randolph Scott) and Mike Evans (Bill Williams) are trying to make a fortune by leading a long line of cattle from Montana to Canada. While they are resting one night, their herd is robbed by a gang of thugs, leaving the cowboys stranded in the wilderness without their livelihood. Jim and Mike then decide to try their hands at mining gold, but before long they run into the enemy bandits again.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The film is held together by the resolute performance by Randolph Scott. Rated: B- Aug 28, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The least funny and original Western movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid if unspectacular Randolph Scott western about cattleman Scott going up against local gold mine interests in British Columbia, taking on the town boss who wants to run the cattleman out of town. George ``Gabby'' Hayes plays, what else, a crusty cantankerous old miner in his final film appearance. Most interesting on this film is that color print of this film were long lost due to the the film being made on the little used color process Cinecolor, which combined two different color strips (Orange/Red and Cyan/Blue) and only black and white prints existed. After locating some of the missing elements, the two drips were digitally cleaned up, frame-by-frame, and then recombined into a new master. So even though this film isn't a real western classic, it's always fun to get to see a "lost" film that was thought never to be seen again. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review bill t Good if slightly unorignal movie here. Randolph Scott plays an enterprising cowboy bringing cattle into gold country. But the unscrupulous mayor of the small town he rides into doesnt like to be upstaged! Not a bad time waster. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Frontier western with a very ordinary storyline. A good one for Randolph Scott fans though. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Though most men are concerned with prospecting gold, American ranchers Jim Redfern (Randolph Scott) and Mike Evans (Bill Williams) are trying to make a fortune by leading a long line of cattle from Montana to Canada. While they are resting one night, their herd is robbed by a gang of thugs, leaving the cowboys stranded in the wilderness without their livelihood. Jim and Mike then decide to try their hands at mining gold, but before long they run into the enemy bandits again.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Producer
Nat Holt
Screenwriter
Frank Gruber
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Nat Holt Productions
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 1, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2021
Runtime
1h 21m
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