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What's in a name? Cast a Long Shadow is directed by Thomas Carr and adapted to screenplay by Martin M. Goldsmith and John McGreevey from the novel written by Wayne D. Overholser. It stars Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner, James Best, Denver Pyle and Ann Doran. Music is b…
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Cast a Long Shadow
“The roughest vengeance-trail a man ever rode!”
66%
Movie
1h 22m
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Cast a Long Shadow (1959) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Cast a Long Shadow (1959) — a movie tagged as Western with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive. Our models also surface themes such as ai and revenge from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~82 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Cast a Long Shadow 66% (12 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1959-08-24
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- TMDB rating
- 6.6
- TMDB ID
- 172894
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A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.
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Cast
Audie Murphy
Matt Brown
Terry Moore
Janet Calvert
John Dehner
Chip Donahue
Ann Doran
Ma Calvert
James Best
Sam Mullen
Denver Pyle
Preacher Harrison
Robert Foulk
Hugh Rigdon
Rita Lynn
Hortensia
Stacy Harris
Eph Brown
Wright King
Noah Pringle (uncredited)
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Arthur Berkeley
Townsman (uncredited)
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Jimmie Booth
Trail Cook (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Saloon Girl at Poker Game
Mason Alan Dinehart
Dick Calvert (uncredited)
Terry Frost
Wade (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Hotel Keeper (uncredited)
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Elias Gamboa
Townsman (uncredited)
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Jonathan Hole
Charlie Boles (uncredited)
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What's in a name? Cast a Long Shadow is directed by Thomas Carr and adapted to screenplay by Martin M. Goldsmith and John McGreevey from the novel written by Wayne D. Overholser. It stars Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner, James Best, Denver Pyle and Ann Doran. Music is by Gerald Fried and cinematography by Wilfred Cline. Filmed in black and white and produced out of the company Murphy formed with Walter Mirisch, Cast a Long Shadow is a tired Oater on narrative terms. The look and feel is fine and the performances are more than up to scratch, but there's a thematic drive missing from the writing, a missed opportunity to really pump some psychologically distorted blood into its veins. Murphy is a tough drinking loose cannon type who inherits a ranch and renounces his past and plans to marry his sweetheart. But the ranch is wanted by the townsfolk as a means of productivity salvation and it transpires it's in a whole bunch of debt - with the bank vultures circling. So Audie takes control of a crucial cattle drive and proves to be a very hard task master, so much so he just may kill off any hope of saving the ranch in the process. In the background is the hovering question of Murphy's illegitimacy, something which bothers him so, and with him trying to go straight and sober - but in the process alienating everyone around him, the meat is there for a tasty stew. Sadly it's only averagely unfurled and culmination of story leaves loose ends dangling. Still, it's never dull, music and photography are in sync with the play, and Murphy fans get good value for their time. 6/10
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