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Yellow Sky( 1948)

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It was as if the YELLOW SKY had sought them out... where fate had forgotten them and life had left them behind!

Overview

In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gregory Peck

      James "Stretch" Dawson

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      Anne Baxter

      Constance Mae 'Mike'

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      Richard Widmark

      Dude

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      Robert Arthur

      Bull Run

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      John Russell

      Lengthy

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      Harry Morgan

      Half Pint

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      James Barton

      Grandpa

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      Charles Kemper

      Walrus

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      Carlos Acosta

      Indian (uncredited)

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      Robert Adler

      Jed (uncredited)

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      Ray Beltram

      Indian (uncredited)

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      Harry Carter

      Cavalry Lieutenant (uncredited)

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      William Gould

      Banker (uncredited)

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      Eula Guy

      Woman Bank Customer (uncredited)

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      Paul Hurst

      Drunk (uncredited)

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      Victor Kilian

      Bartender (uncredited)

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      Norman Leavitt

      Bank Teller (uncredited)

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      Jay Silverheels

      Indian (uncredited)

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      José Sáenz

      Indian (uncredited)

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      Norm Taylor

      Indian (uncredited)

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      Hank Worden

      Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)

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      Chief Yowlachie

      Colorado (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Mar 17 2019
    Stay away from my men, and stop swinging those damn hips all over the place. Stretch is the leader of bank robbing desperadoes, after their latest job they find the US Cavalry hot on their tail. Their only conceivable route of escape is to traipse over an enormous salt flat, low on water and bitten by the scorching sun, they happen to come across a ghost town named Yellow Sky. Here was once a prosperous town, now the only inhabitants are a crusty old prospector and his tomboy granddaughter. Soon the talk turns to hidden gold and it's not long before these desperate men will become conflicte...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • bank robber
    • desert