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These Thousand Hills

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Albert "Lat" Evans (Don Murray) is a cowboy who dreams of becoming rich and successful. He becomes friendly with ranch hand Tom, and the two hunt wolves. After this ends badly, Lat borrows money from Callie (Lee Remick), a local woman who has feelings for him. Gradually, Lat becomes a successful rancher, ultimately forsaking Callie and Tom to marry Joyce, a banker's daughter. As Lat moves into politics, he must decide whether or not to ally himself with the devious Jehu (Richard Egan).

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A superior oater. Rated: B Mar 18, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A great cast adds class to this adaptation of an A.B. Guthrie novel. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Average western with advantage of good cast. Don Murray is okay in the lead, he never really had that elusive something to be a great movie star but is a fine actor. The supporting cast is full of familiar faces that all provide excellent work, the real standout is Lee Remick who offers up a delicately shaded perfomance of a girl whose life has been full of bad breaks and hard luck. It a shame her part is relatively small since she's the most compelling character and actor in the film. The color and cinematography is also noteworthy. Not a bad movie just not great. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member not much at all going on here....total stock western fare...morality tale, cattle, etc, etc. I only watched this to complete my Richard Fleischer catalog....oh, Lee Remick is also good in it... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Albert "Lat" Evans (Don Murray) is a cowboy who dreams of becoming rich and successful. He becomes friendly with ranch hand Tom, and the two hunt wolves. After this ends badly, Lat borrows money from Callie (Lee Remick), a local woman who has feelings for him. Gradually, Lat becomes a successful rancher, ultimately forsaking Callie and Tom to marry Joyce, a banker's daughter. As Lat moves into politics, he must decide whether or not to ally himself with the devious Jehu (Richard Egan).
Director
Richard Fleischer
Screenwriter
Alfred Hayes
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 1959, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 36m