Nevada (1944)

Directed by

Edward Killy

Genre

Western film, action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 02m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man rides into a small town and takes on the local outlaws. The film follows his adventures as he becomes a hero.

breezysimpleclassiclightheartedfast-pacedstraightforwardold-fashioned

What happens

Nevada is a 1944 Western film based on the 1928 Zane Grey novel and starring a 27-year-old Robert Mitchum, with Anne Jeffreys, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Richard Martin in supporting roles. The film was written by Norman Houston from Grey's popular novel and directed by Edward Killy. Mitchum is billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy" at the film's beginning. Although this was not Mitchum's first movie, it was his first lead role; he had previously played mainly villains. Richard Martin also played sidekick "Chito Rafferty" in thirty other western movies, most of which starred screen cowboy Tim Holt, who had joined the service during World War II when Nevada was produced. Martin played this same character set in different times, both contemporary and the Old West. This version is a remake of the 1927 silent film Nevada starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. This is the only time that Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum played the same role in two different films. The following year, Mitchum again played the lead in another Zane Grey movie with the same writer and director titled West of the Pecos also featuring Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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