Powder River (1953)

Directed by

Louis King

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fictionalized version of the Wyatt Earp story set in a town called Powder River. A lawman tries to keep order while facing outlaws and personal conflicts.

classicold-weststorieddramaticpacedcharacter-drivenfictionalized

What happens

Powder River is a 1953 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet and Cameron Mitchell. The screenplay was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (under his pseudonym "Geoffrey Homes") from the book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal by Stuart N. Lake, who two years later was the story consultant on the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Unlike that television series, names and places in this film were given fictional names, so that Earp became "Chino Bull," Doc Holliday became "Mitch Hardin," the Clanton brothers became the "Logan Brothers," and Tombstone became the titular "Powder River." This was the fourth film based on Lake's book to be released by 20th Century Fox, preceded by the 1934 Frontier Marshal, the identically titled 1939 Frontier Marshal, and the 1946 My Darling Clementine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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