The Outriders

Director: Roy Rowland Roy Rowland

Overview

MGM went into the western-programmer business relatively late in the game, but made up for lost time with such laudable efforts as The Outriders. Joel McCrea stars as one of three Confederate soldiers who escape from a northern prison compound. The three men join a wagon train, hoping to capture a Yankee gold shipment to help their cause. When the wagoners are attacked by Indians, McCrea decides to reassess his priorities and protect the passengers--especially the stunning Arlene Dahl. The Outriders was produced in the wake of MGM's surprise success with 1949's Ambush.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/22/2011
UPC:	0883316326220
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	3,191

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joel McCrea	Will Owen
Arlene Dahl	Jen Gort
Barry Sullivan	Jesse Wallace
Claude Jarman Jr.	Roy Gort
James Whitmore	Clint Priest
Ramon Novarro	Don Antonio Chaves
Jeff Corey	Keeley
Ted de Corsia	Bye
Martin Garralaga	Father Damasco
Claude Jarman	Actor
Dorothy Adams	Farmer's Wife
Gregg Barton	Outrider
Dale Belding	Farmer's Son
Steve Brown	Boy Telling About the War
Ralph Bucko	Wagon Driver
Gene Coogan	Outrider
Dick Curtis	Outrider at Dance
Billy Dix	Outrider
Joe Dominguez	Outrider
Gil Herman	Captain
Warren MacGregor	Outrider
William 'Bill' Phillips	Outrider at Dance
William Phipps	Young Union Guard Killed During Escape
Charles Rivero	Outrider
Clint Sharp	Wagon Driver
Russell Simpson	Farmer
Nipo T. Strongheart	Indian Servant
André Previn	Composer

Technical Credits

Irving Ravetch

Richard Goldstone	Producer
Roy Rowland	Director
Irving Ravetch	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The rivers and lakes at Kanab, UT, are as blue as cobalt in this Technicolor Western, and when a Yankee soldier is viciously stabbed by Barry Sullivan, the water turns a deep scarlet. Arlene Dahl adds other colors not usually observed outside a beauty parlor, but all that is as it should be. The Outriders, which, for once, has a wagon train traveling east, is exciting fare well played by a superior cast of old hands at this sort of thing, and directed with an eye for the sheer beauty of Utah by an efficient Roy Rowland. There is a thrilling river crossing, Indians on the warpath, an especially noisy climax, and a despicable villain in a bushwhacking Jeff Corey. But you cannot get over the sight of the ravishing Arlene Dahl square dancing with a bunch of drunken outriders in the middle of nowhere.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein