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A man’s best friend is his horse. Tumbleweed is directed by Nathan Juran and adapted to screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas from the novel “Three Were Renegades” written by Kenneth Perkins. It stars Audie Murphy, Chill Wills, Lori Nelson, Roy Roberts, Russell Johnson, Lee Van Cl…
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Tumbleweed
“The story of Jim Harvey...the savage terror he faced...the desert woman he loved!”
63%
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1h 19m
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Story & themes: Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except… Our models also surface themes such as identity and ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~79 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Tumbleweed 63% (18 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
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- Status
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- Release date
- 1953-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 249134
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Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Audie Murphy
Jim Harvey
Lori Nelson
Laura Saunders
Chill Wills
Sheriff Murchoree
Roy Roberts
Nick Buckley
Russell Johnson
Lam Blandon
K.T. Stevens
Louella Buckley
Madge Meredith
Sarah Blandon
Lee Van Cleef
Marv
I. Stanford Jolley
Ted
Ralph Moody
Aguila
Ross Elliott
Seth Blandon
Eugene Iglesias
Tigre
Phil Chambers
Trapper Ross
Lyle Talbot
Weber
King Donovan
Wrangler
Harry Harvey
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Ezelle Poule
Mrs. Clark
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A man’s best friend is his horse. Tumbleweed is directed by Nathan Juran and adapted to screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas from the novel “Three Were Renegades” written by Kenneth Perkins. It stars Audie Murphy, Chill Wills, Lori Nelson, Roy Roberts, Russell Johnson, Lee Van Cleef, K.T. Stevens and Madge Meredith. Music is by Joseph Gershenson and cinematography by Russell Metty. It’s atypical Audie Murphy fare, which for his fans (of which I’m firmly one) is enough for a rollicking good time. Plot has Murphy as Jim Harvey, a Wagon Train leader who mistakenly gets called out for being a coward when the train he is leading is attacked by the Yaqui Indians, leaving all the men folk dead. Forced to evade lynch mobs and the law, he goes on the lam, armed with only his wits and an aging horse called Tumbleweed. What follows for the 80 minute run time is plenty of action and near scrapes, some barely concealed romantic yearnings, and of course heroics from both man and beast. The locations used for the story are gorgeous, as Death Valley and Vasquez Rocks form a mightily impressive back drop to the unfolding drama. While stunts and machismo are up to the requisite standard. Cast are fine, with Audie being Audie, Wills a gruff lawman and Cleef in loose cannon side-kick mode. The girls are mere tokens, but the beauty of Nelson and Meredith is breath taking. While costuming (Bill Thomas) is high end as well. A Technicolor treat for Murphy and B Western fans. 7/10
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