The Walking Hills (1950)

Directed by

John Sturges

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of nine men search for an old treasure in a desert landscape. Among them are a detective chasing a fugitive and other people with secrets. A love triangle develops involving the detective, the fugitive, and a woman.

noir-tingedtensegrittydesolatesuspensefulmoodyslow-burn

What happens

The Walking Hills is a 1949 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Randolph Scott and Ella Raines. The film's plot has film noir elements in its story of a search for an old treasure by nine men including a detective tracking a fugitive, several others who have things to hide, and a love triangle involving the two leads and the fugitive. The film was shot in the Alabama Hills of California and Death Valley National Monument, locations Sturges returned to a few years later to film his classic Bad Day at Black Rock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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