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The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand

1953Movie⏱️ 1h 20mApproved
DramaWestern
6.6
IMDB Rating
637 votes

In 1870, widowed farmer Zachary Hallock secretly joins a group of outlaws as a solution to his money problems.

Director
George Sherman
Writers
Joseph Hoffman, Irving Ravetch
Stars
Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Alex Nicol
Release Date
June 26, 1953
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 13
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
as Zachary Hallock
Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale
as Sarah Jane Skaggs
Alex Nicol
Alex Nicol
as Jonah Varden
Charles Drake
Charles Drake
as George Hadley
Jimmy Hunt
Jimmy Hunt
as Joshua Hallock
James Arness
James Arness
as Gus Varden
Roy Roberts
Roy Roberts
as Mr. Skaggs
Frank Ferguson
Frank Ferguson
as Mr. Dunn the Banker
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Wesley Morgan
as Daniel Skaggs
Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone
as Citizen

💰 Box Office

$1,150,000
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Filming Location
Las Animas River Gorge, Durango, Colorado, USA
Production
Universal International Pictures (UI)

🏷️ Keywords

boy wears a nightshirtfather son relationshipbuckboardstagecoach robberyreference to gambling

🎯 Categories

Classical WesternDramaWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Great Scenery, Uneven Story
by dougdoepke2011-08-13

"It may be a B-Western, but Universal popped for some of the best scenery (southwestern Colorado) found in any Western, A or B. I really liked the story's first part, dealing with topics seldom found in any oater—like raising money to buy a farm, horses, a wagon, plus making a home without a woman. In other words, elements of real frontier life too unexciting for most horse operas. But then the plot turns into more conventional cops and robbers, which is okay but hardly memorable. Telling the story from the boy's point of view is a helpful touch—that way we understand the changes he ..."

💡 Did You Know?

In this role, as in others, James Arness is shown with his natural colored hair, blonde. Later, he had to dye his natural blond hair since dark hair was considered more masculine, especially for the role of Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke.

📖 Synopsis

In 1870, widowed farmer Zachary Hallock secretly joins a group of outlaws as a solution to his money problems.