Pursued
Robert Mitchum plays a jaded Civil War hero who's pursued into the barren frontier wilderness by inner demons from his childhood past and real killers in the present. His passion for Teresa Wright, who plays his stepsister leads to a fatal gunfight with her brother. Embittered and intent on seeking revenge on their wedding night, Wright marries Mitchum, but the arrival of a mysterious stranger out to settle an old score with Mitchum sidetracks her and leads to a startling climax of treachery, murder and shocking revelations.
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Jim Morrison's last bag of popcorn - PopGun_Edwards
Legend has it that a screening of this film was one of the last things Jim Morrison (of The Doors) did before he died. I couldn't help feel as though I was sharing a bag of popcorn with Jim as I watched this gem. Doors fans can rest peacefully knowing that Mr. Morrison had good taste in film. If this happens to be the last film I sit through, I won't be embarrassed.pretty good - BenCartwright
The author of Zip's "overview" gets the period wrong -- the Mitchum character is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, not the Civil War. The period is actually handled interestingly, with frontier conditions and attitudes surviving in a stable, settled community.
Mitchum and Teresa Wright and Judith Anderson are all excellent and this is a fine movie. It's not an adventure story like so many westerns, more a psychological melodrama. But it's definitely a western as well, with gunfights, gambling, horses, etc all prominent.Gripping tragedy - Rikardo
This film has been compared to a Greek tragedy with overtones of Shakespeare and Dostoevsky. I agree. Its true that Robert Mitchum is powerful (one of his first films) So are the sister and the mother. Its a film from 1947 and lacks the optimism of the post-war years. Younger viewers might not like it though. And I hadn't read the outline
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Jim Morrison's last bag of popcorn - PopGun_Edwards
Legend has it that a screening of this film was one of the last things Jim Morrison (of The Doors) did before he died. I couldn't help feel as though I was sharing a bag of popcorn with Jim as I watched this gem. Doors fans can rest peacefully knowing that ...pretty good - BenCartwright
The author of Zip's "overview" gets the period wrong -- the Mitchum character is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, not the Civil War. The period is actually handled interestingly, with frontier conditions and attitudes surviving in a stable, settled community.
Mitchum ...Gripping tragedy - Rikardo
This film has been compared to a Greek tragedy with overtones of Shakespeare and Dostoevsky. I agree. Its true that Robert Mitchum is powerful (one of his first films) So are the sister and the mother. Its a film from 1947 and lacks the optimism of the ...