Cheyenne (1947 film)

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Cheyenne
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Produced by Robert Buckner
Screenplay by Alan Le May
(as Alan LeMay)
Thames Williamson
Story by Paul Wellman
(as Paul I. Wellman)
Starring Dennis Morgan
Jane Wyman
Janis Paige
Bruce Bennett
Music by Max Steiner
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Edited by Christian Nyby
Production
company
Warner Bros
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
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  • June 6, 1947 (1947-06-06)
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,929,000[1]
Box office $2,550,000 (US rentals)[2] or $3,303,000[1]

Cheyenne is a 1947 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige and Bruce Bennett.[3][4]

Plot

Jim Wylie is a gambler in Laramie, Wyoming Territory who is wanted by the Nevada law. He gets a proposal from a Wells Fargo agent; if he can help locate a bandit known as "The Poet" who has been robbing stagecoaches, all pending charges will be dropped and Jim can even claim a cash reward.

His stage to Cheyenne has a pair of female passengers, Ann Kincaid and saloon singer Emily Carson, when their coach is ambushed by the Sundance Kid and his gang. But when he opens the strongbox, Sundance is furious to find nothing but a mocking poem from The Poet.

Jim pretends to be The Poet to infiltrate his gang. What he doesn't know is that Ann is married to the notorious outlaw. She goes along with the ruse to see where it leads. Her husband, the real Poet, is Ed Landers, a trusted Wells Fargo employee, who promises to pull one last job and then get away with Ann safely to San Francisco.

Sundance is once again foiled on a job by the Poet getting there first, and three of Sundance's men are killed. He realizes that Ann has double-crossed him. Jim confides to Landers his true identity, not realizing Landers is the man he's after. Landers promptly tells Cheyenne's sheriff that Jim is not just pretending to be the Poet, but is him.

Ann detects a whiff of perfume on Landers that she recognizes. It is Emily's, proof to Ann that her lying, thieving husband plans to take Emily away to San Francisco instead of her. On his next holdup attempt, Landers is shot dead by Jim.

All is well until Jim is told that unless he can also recover The Poet's stolen money, there will be no reward. He is dejected until Ann, leaving town on the stage, tosses him two sacks filled with money. A delighted Jim gallops off to catch up with her.

Cast

Box office

According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $2,506,000 domestically and $797,000 foreign.[1]

Anecdotes

The film centers around the mysterious "poet" bandit, who robs Wells Fargo stagecoaches. The inspiration for this may have come from a notorious outlaw of similar methodology, Black Bart.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 27 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
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