Track of the Cat (1954)

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cattle ranching family in the snowy mountains is torn apart by conflict while a mysterious black cougar stalks their livestock. Brothers argue over money and control as the hunt for the animal forces them to confront their own demons.

tensebleakslow-burnunsettlingatmosphericclaustrophobicbroodingcold

What happens

Track of the Cat is a 1954 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright and Diana Lynn. The film is based on a 1949 adventure novel of the same name by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. This was Wellman's second adaptation of a Clark novel; the first was The Ox-Bow Incident in 1943. Track of the Cat was produced by John Wayne and Robert Fellows for their production company Batjac Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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