The Far Country
Summary:
One of the most entertaining of the Western movies to come out of the 1950s, this is a Stewart vehicle in which he must take on the ruthlessness of the frontier. Set in the Yukon, Stewart and his friends are driving cattle to market from Wyoming to Canada, where the boom towns pay top dollar for beef. When they arrive in Skagway, the corrupt sheriff of the town (John McIntire) stea... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Stewart - (Jeff Webster)
Ruth Roman - (Ronda Castle)
Corinne Calvet - (Renee Vallon)
Walter Brennan - (Ben Tatem)
John McIntire - (Mr. Gannon)
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Review:
The third collaboration of star James Stewart, writer Borden Chase, and director Anthony Mann, The Far Country (1955) features Stewart as a hard-edged cattleman turned miner who gets enmeshed in the corrupt forces threatening to take over a pioneer mining town. As far west as the Western can get, the Yukon environs of Dawson match th... Continue >>
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