Wild Horse Mesa (1947 film)
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Director Wallace Grissell Music director Paul Sawtell Duration Language English | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Western Screenplay Norman Houston Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 13, 1947 (1947-11-13) (USA) Based on Wild Horse Mesa
by Zane Grey Writer Norman Houston (screenplay), Zane Grey (based on the novel by) Cast Tim Holt (Dave Jordan), Nan Leslie (Sue Melhern), Tom Keene (Hod Slack), Jason Robards Sr. (Hod Slack), Tony Barrett (Jim Horn), Richard Martin (Chito Rafferty)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , Furious 7 , Taken 3 , John Wick , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Tagline A man who wouldn't stay licked... A horse that couldn't be tamed! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild Horse Mesa is a 1947 American Western film directed by Wallace Grissell and starring Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, and Richard Martin, written by Norman Houston based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey.
Contents
It was the eighth and last of a series of Zane Grey novels filmed by RKO. The book had been previously filmed in 1925 (starring Holt's father) and 1933.
Plot
Two cowboys go to work for a rancher and his beautiful daughter. Together they search for wild horses. When they find the horses, a rival rancher offers to purchase them, but during the transaction he murders the good rancher. The rival rancher is soon killed by one of his own men, and he in turn is killed by the wild horse who is the leader of the herd.
Cast
Production
The film was shot at RKO's backlot in Encino and at Lone Pine.
References
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