The Proud Rebel (1958)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Confederate veteran and his mute son try to build a new life in the Midwest after the Civil War. They face prejudice from local townspeople who call the father 'Reb' while he stubbornly holds onto his principles.

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What happens

The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest. Despite the implications of the title, the main character in "The Proud Rebel" does not dwell much on his Southern past, but finds his life complicated by sectional prejudice. Many of the Yankee male town folk refer to him disdainfully, however, as 'Reb', while noting his proud refusal to compromise his values for any price. The film stars Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd and Cecil Kellaway and features Harry Dean Stanton (credited as Dean Stanton) in an early film appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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