An unusual adult Western for its time Vengeance Valley (1951) gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral Apache and The Unforgiven among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge. Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru John Ireland Ted de Corsia Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One of the real stars of the picture is the gorgeous three-strip Technicolor photography by George J.Folsey. The West has rarely looked more colorful.
Noble-born brawler and debaucher Denis de Beaulieu (Richard Stapley) is selected by the scheming Sire Alain de Maletroit (Charles Laughton) to be forced into marrying his only niece Blanche de Maletroit (Sally Forrest). Whilst carousing at an inn Denis is tricked into a fight with one of Maletroit's men and ends up shooting him dead. Whilst fleeing from the chasing mob Denis takes refuge by entering a strange door at the Maletroit manor but soon finds himself in the midst of a nightmare from which he cannot escape. Forced to marry a woman he does not love due to Sire de Maletroit's determination to wreak revenge on his family line his every move is watched by the creeping manservant Voltan (Boris Karloff). Desperate to escape the young couple decides to leave the house through the only exit known to them...the torture chamber.
Vengeance Valley: An unusual Western for its time Vengeance Valley gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral Apache and The Unforgiven among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge. Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru John Ireland Ted de Corsia Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One o
Burt Lancaster stars as Owen Daybright in this tale of warring brothers in a hostile land at a time when morals were a matter of family honour and any betrayal had to be avenged. When Owen's married brother Lee gets a young woman pregnant her family are determined to discover the name of the father and they'd rather shot first than ask questions. As Lee's world slow collapses around him he spies an opportunity to make Owen the scapegoat and also take control of his family's ranch at the same time.
An unusual adult Western for its time Vengeance Valley (1951) gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral Apache and The Unforgiven among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge. Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru John Ireland Ted de Corsia Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One of the real s
Vengeance Valley gave Oscar winner and triple Oscar nominee Burt Lancaster his first Western role. In this classic tale of feuding brothers set against a stunning big country backdrop Lancaster cut his teeth in the genre before going on to make the much loved Gunfight At The Ok Corral Apach and The Unforgiven amongst others. Based on the book by Luke Short even-tempered Owen Daybright (Lancaster) is the adopted son of rancher Arch Strobie. All his life Owen has covered up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee. But Lee goes to far when he gets a young woman pregnant and blames Owen. When he even encourages the girl's brothers to take revenge Owen decides that it is time to settle the score. Co-starring fellow Oscar nominee John Ireland Robert Walker as Owen's father and Joanna Dru
Owen Daybright has taken the rap for his boyhood pal Les Strobie all his life. Now the foreman on Strobie's ranch he is even willing to accept paternity of Strobie's illegitimate child. Daybright continues to make life easy for his friend partly from high motives - to protect Strobie's wife - and partly from habit. He even dodges bullets and doesn't give his friend up for the heel he is until Strobie negotiates to make off with his father's cattle. An unusual adult Western for its
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself
Even tempered Owen Daybright (Lancaster) spends his life covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee protecting the rascal from his fathers wrath. After getting a young woman pregnant Lee shifts the blame to Owen. He even encourages the girls brother to get revenge hoping that Owen out of the picture he'll become sole heir to his fathers farm. That's as much as any man can take...and Owen decides that now is the time to settle the score.
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