Beyond the Purple Hills
1950 film by John English
- July 25, 1950 (1950-07-25)
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Beyond the Purple Hills is a 1950 American Western film directed by John English and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Gene Autry, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Don Beddoe, James Millican, Don Reynolds and Hugh O'Brian. The film was released on July 25, 1950, by Columbia Pictures.[1][2][3]
Plot
When a bank robbery results in the death of the sheriff, Judge Beaumont (Roy Gordon) asks horse trainer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) to take the sheriff's place. Gene, who has helped Beaumont deal with his fractious son, Jack (Hugh O'Brian), agrees. Beaumont then reveals that he wants to rewrite his will to leave Jack out, prompting a fight between father and son. When the judge is murdered soon after, Gene is forced to arrest Jack, despite not believing that he is guilty.
Cast
- Gene Autry as Gene Autry
- Jo-Carroll Dennison as Mollie Rayburn
- Don Beddoe as Amos Rayburn
- James Millican as Rocky Morgan
- Don Reynolds as Chip Beaumont
- Hugh O'Brian as Jack Beaumont
- Roy Gordon as Judge Beaumont
- Harry Harvey Sr. as Sheriff Whiteside
- Pat Buttram as Mike Rawley
- Gregg Barton as Ross Pardee
- Robert J. Wilke as Jim Connors
- Ralph Peters as Tim
- Frank Ellis as Corey
- John Cliff as Dave Miller
- Sandy Sanders as Doghouse
- Frankie Marvin as Marty
- Boyd Stockman as Ed
- Maudie Prickett as Aggie
- Champion the Wonder Horse as Champ
References
External links
- Beyond the Purple Hills at IMDb
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Films directed by John English
- His Fighting Blood (1935)
- Red Blood of Courage (1935)
- Arizona Days (1937)
- Whistling Bullets (1937)
- Call the Mesquiteers (1938)
- Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
- Gangs of Sonora (1941)
- Code of the Outlaw (1942)
- The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
- Raiders of the Range (1942)
- Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
- Westward Ho (1942)
- The Yukon Patrol (1942)
- Dead Man's Gulch (1943)
- Death Valley Manhunt (1943)
- Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)
- The Fighting Devil Dogs (1943)
- The Man from Thunder River (1943)
- Overland Mail Robbery (1943)
- Raiders of Sunset Pass (1943)
- Thundering Trails (1943)
- The Black Hills Express (1943)
- Faces in the Fog (1944)
- Call of the South Seas (1944)
- The Laramie Trail (1944)
- The Port of 40 Thieves (1944)
- San Fernando Valley (1944)
- Silver City Kid (1944)
- Behind City Lights (1945)
- Don't Fence Me In (1945)
- Grissly's Millions (1945)
- The Phantom Speaks (1945)
- Utah (1945)
- Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
- The Last Round-Up (1947)
- Trail to San Antone (1947)
- The Strawberry Roan (1948)
- Loaded Pistols (1949)
- Riders in the Sky (1949)
- Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
- Rim of the Canyon (1949)
- The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
- Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
- The Blazing Sun (1950)
- Cow Town (1950)
- Indian Territory (1950)
- Mule Train (1950)
- Sons of New Mexico (1950)
- Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
- The Hills of Utah (1951)
- Silver Canyon (1951)
- Valley of Fire (1951)
- Whirlwind (1951)
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