The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1952Movie⏱️ 1h 21mApproved

DramaWestern

⭐ 6.4

IMDB Rating

483 votes

Trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin, an assortment of travelers receives the unwelcome visit of a wanted outlaw.

Director

Joseph M. Newman

Writers

Bret Harte, Edmund H. North

Stars

Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins

Release Date

May 16, 1952

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Anne Baxter

as Cal Ryker

Dale Robertson

as John Oakhurst

Miriam Hopkins

as Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'

Cameron Mitchell

as Ryker

Craig Hill

as Tom Dakin

Barbara Bates

as Piney Wilson

William H. Lynn

as Jake Watterson

Dick Rich

as Drunk

Robert Adler

as Vigilante

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Jack Byron

as Miner

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

snowremakeclassical westernnoir westernmountain cabin

🎯 Categories

Classical WesternDramaWestern

⭐ Featured Review

"We've used that tree before and we'll use it again"

by richardchatten • 2022-05-08

8/10

"Bill Everson declared that most versions of Bret Harte's 1869 story were "strong on talk and dramatics, decidedly weak on visuals", which is a bit hard on Joseph LaShelle's atmospheric work on this instalment which resembles a film noir as much as a western. You always know you're in for something special when it snows in a western, and this cross between 'Boule de Suif' and 'The Petrified Forest' doesn't disappoint, with Anne Baxter radiant in an early film in her transition from ingenue to lady with a past...."