The Rare Breed
Summary:
Andrew V. McLaglen directs the Western drama The Rare Breed, based on the real-life introduction of English Hereford cattle to the American West in the 1880s. Maureen O'Hara plays Martha Price, an widowed Englishwoman who convinces rancher Alexander Bowen (Brian Keith) to use her new cattle breed. James Stewart stars as ranch hand Sam Burnett, a rambler who agrees to take ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Stewart - (Sam Burnett)
Maureen O'Hara - (Martha Evans)
Brian Keith - (Alexander Bowen)
Juliet Mills - (Hilary Price)
Don Galloway - (Jamie Bowen)
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Review:
A middling Western, The Rare Breed at least gets points for focusing on an unusual (for a Hollywood Western) subject -- the cross-breeding of cattle, actually a very important chapter in the creation and sustenance of the American West. This in itself, of course, is not enough to sustain an entire film, and so screenwriter Richard Hardman has... Continue >>
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