The Rawhide Years

1956 film by Rudolph Mate

July 1, 1956 (1956-07-01)

Running time

85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$1 million (US)^[1]

The Rawhide Years is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Tony Curtis. Colleen Miller and Arthur Kennedy.^[2] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But, Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the riverboat while on their way. Ben is implicated on arrival and flees, all the while working both sides of the law to clear his name. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her. Encountering Rick Harper, whom he initially takes as a would be bandit, they develop a friendship that winds up with both men saving the other's neck.

Cast

Tony Curtis as Ben Matthews
Colleen Miller as Zoe Fontaine
Arthur Kennedy as Rick Harper
William Demarest as Brand Comfort
William Gargan as Marshal Sommers
Peter van Eyck as Andre Boucher
Minor Watson as Matt Comfort
Donald Randolph as Carrico
Robert Wilke as Neal
Trevor Bardette as Captain
James Anderson as Deputy Wade
Robert Foulk as Mate
Chubby Johnson as Gif Lessing
Leigh Snowden as Miss Vanilla Bissell
Don Beddoe as Frank Porter

See also

List of American films of 1956

References

^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
^ /The-Rawhide-Years/ The Rawhide Years at TCMDB

External links

The Rawhide Years at IMDb
The Rawhide Years at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Rawhide Years at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by Rudolph Maté

It Had to Be You (1947)
The Dark Past (1948)
D.O.A. (1949)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Branded (1950)
The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
The Green Glove (1952)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Paula (1952)
The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Second Chance (1953)
Forbidden (1953)
Siege at Red River (1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
The Violent Men (1955)
The Far Horizons (1955)
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
The Rawhide Years (1956)
Port Afrique (1956)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Deep Six (1958)
For the First Time (1959)
Revak the Rebel (1960)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

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