South of St. Louis (1950)

Directed by

Ray Enright

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three ranchers in the Old West band together after raiders led by a notorious man burn down their ranch. They chase the raiders and deal with the impact of the Civil War on their friendship.

light-heartedadventurousbreezyclassicmasculineromanticfast-pacedaction-packed

What happens

South of St Louis is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott and Dorothy Malone. It chronicles the friendship between three ranchers after their ranch is destroyed by raiders led by the infamous Luke Cottrell. The film was originally titled Distant Drums, but was later changed to its current title, which refers to Civil War army deserters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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