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Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)

Treasure of Ruby Hills poster
Directed by
Frank McDonald
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man arrives in a frontier town and gets caught between rival ranchers fighting over water rights. He tries to keep the peace while dealing with a corrupt sheriff and a mysterious woman.

old-fashionedfamiliarunpretentiousstraightforwardbriskmelodramaticdustyfriendly

What happens

Treasure of Ruby Hills is a 1955 American black-and-white Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, and Lola Albright. The film is based on the story "The Rider of the Ruby Hills" by Louis L'Amour. He wrote the story under the pen-name Jim Mayo; the story was later expanded as the novel Where the Long Grass Blows in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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