Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955 film by Frank McDonald
- January 23, 1955 (1955-01-23) (United States)
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Treasure of Ruby Hills is a 1955 American black-and-white Western film[1] directed by Frank McDonald and starring Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, and Lola Albright.[2][3][4][5] The film is based on the story "The Rider of the Ruby Hills" by Louis L'Amour.[6] He wrote the story under the pen-name Jim Mayo; the story was later expanded as the novel Where the Long Grass Blows in 1976.
Plot
The film is set in 1877 in Arlington. In the government-owned Ruby Hills Valley all the small landowners and ranchers are dispossessed of their property by two wealthy breeders, Chalk Reynolds and Walt Payne, who continue to wage war for total control of the area. Hills. Their henchmen do not hesitate to kill others to establish the supremacy of their leaders. Their war is turned upside down by the arrival of Ross Hayne, the son of a famous outlaw, who legally acquired part of the area with the only source of water capable of supplying the valley. When Hayne's partner is shot by Reynolds' henchman, Hayne goes to Ruby Hills for revenge. He discovers that a third man, Alan Doran, intends to take control of the place after the death of the two clans who are supposed to destroy each other. Hayne becomes involved in a deadly fight for land and water.[7]
Cast
- Zachary Scott as Ross Haney
- Carole Mathews as Sherry Vernon
- Barton MacLane as 'Chalk' Reynolds
- Dick Foran as Alan Doran
- Lola Albright as May
- Gordon Jones as Jack Voyle
- Raymond Hatton as Westbrook 'Scotty' Scott
- Lee Van Cleef as Frank Emmett
- Steve Darrell as Tom Hull
- Charles Fredericks as Walt Payne
References
- ^ McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. p. 518. ISBN 978-0-19-511473-7. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Hoffmann, Henryk (2009). Western Film Highlights: The Best of the West, 1914-2001. McFarland. p. 67. ISBN 9780786445011. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "TREASURE OF RUBY HILLS (1955)". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "Treasure of Ruby Hills". KinoPoisk (in Russian). kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "Treasure of Ruby Hills". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "TREASURE OF RUBY HILLS". Louis L'Amour Collector. louislamourcollector.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (December 13, 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
External links
- Treasure of Ruby Hills at IMDb
- Treasure of Ruby Hills at AllMovie
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Films directed by Frank McDonald
- Broadway Hostess (1935)
- The Big Noise (1936)
- Isle of Fury (1936)
- Smart Blonde (1937)
- Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
- Reckless Living (1938)
- Flirting with Fate (1938)
- They Asked for It (1939)
- In Old Missouri (1940)
- Flying Blind (1941)
- No Hands on the Clock (1941)
- Wildcat (1942)
- Wrecking Crew (1942)
- Submarine Alert (1943)
- O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
- Alaska Highway (1943)
- Take It Big (1944)
- Gambler's Choice (1944)
- Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
- One Body Too Many (1944)
- Timber Queen (1944)
- Scared Stiff (1945)
- Tell It to a Star (1945)
- The Man from Oklahoma (1945)
- Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
- Bells of Rosarita (1945)
- My Pal Trigger (1946)
- Song of Arizona (1946)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
- Linda, Be Good (1947)
- French Leave (1948)
- Gun Smugglers (1948)
- Mr. Reckless (1948)
- The Big Sombrero (1949)
- Ringside (1949)
- Call of the Klondike (1950)
- Snow Dog (1950)
- Sierra Passage (1950)
- Texans Never Cry (1951)
- Father Takes the Air (1951)
- Yukon Manhunt (1951)
- Yellow Fin (1951)
- Northwest Territory (1951)
- Sea Tiger (1952)
- Yukon Gold (1952)
- Son of Belle Starr (1953)
- Thunder Pass (1954)
- The Big Tip Off (1955)
- Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
- The Underwater City (1962)
- Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
- Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
