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The Burning Hills

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Cattle rancher Trace Jordan (Tab Hunter) discovers the dead body of his brother and seeks out Joe Sutton (Ray Teal), the cattle baron he knows killed him. Jordan kills Sutton in an act of self-defense during a shoot-out, but is also wounded and flees. He attempts to escape as Sutton's henchmen pursue him, and is soon joined by a half-Mexican woman named Maria (Natalie Wood), whose father had also been killed by Sutton. Eventually Sutton's men find them, and a confrontation occurs.

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Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 09/01/2006
3/5
OK Western but you could do much better. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/01/2000
C
What remains solid is the revenge motive, it never strays from that theme. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Dallas H Nov 18 Natalie Wood's Mexican "accent" is so horrendously bad that it is worthy of a Razzie award. See more Steve D 01/25/2024 Hasn't aged great but still entertaining. See more michele a 07/20/2021 Natalie Wood as a Mexican ,far from believable.Too many gun fights. See more 01/11/2020 Tab Hunter is good. Natalie Wood still needs more practice. See more 07/13/2013 Kind of like "Young Guns" for the 1950s with teen heartthrobs Tab Hunter and Natalie Woods (horribly miscast as a Mexican) in a young lovers on the run (sort of) western. It's not terrible, though Woods' accent is terrible and was nearly dubbed over by another actress according to Hunter's autobiography, but it's a pretty dull Louis L'Amour western adaptation. See more 07/26/2012 great performances from it's leads don't keep "burning hills" from being a mostly boring and unoriginal western. See more Read all reviews
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Stuart Heisler

Director

Tab Hunter

Trace Jordon

Natalie Wood

Maria-Christina Colton

Skip Homeier

Jack Sutton

Eduard Franz

Jacob Lantz

Earl Holliman

Morton "Mort" Bayliss
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Synopsis Cattle rancher Trace Jordan (Tab Hunter) discovers the dead body of his brother and seeks out Joe Sutton (Ray Teal), the cattle baron he knows killed him. Jordan kills Sutton in an act of self-defense during a shoot-out, but is also wounded and flees. He attempts to escape as Sutton's henchmen pursue him, and is soon joined by a half-Mexican woman named Maria (Natalie Wood), whose father had also been killed by Sutton. Eventually Sutton's men find them, and a confrontation occurs.
Director
Stuart Heisler
Producer
Richard Whorf
Screenwriter
Irving Wallace
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 23, 1956, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2017
Runtime
1h 34m
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