Barricade (1950 film)

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Barricade
Barricade (1950 film) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Peter Godfrey
Screenplay byWilliam Sackheim
Produced by Saul Elkins
Starring Dane Clark
Raymond Massey
Ruth Roman
Robert Douglas
Morgan Farley
Walter Coy
Cinematography Carl E. Guthrie
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Music by William Lava
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 18, 1950 (1950-03-18)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Barricade is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by Peter Godfrey and written by William Sackheim. The film stars Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman, Robert Douglas, Morgan Farley and Walter Coy. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 18, 1950. [1] [2] The film's plot and characters are based on the 1941 film The Sea Wolf, which is in turn based on the novel by author Jack London.

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Plot

Gold-mine operator "Boss" Kruger (Raymond Massey) has certainly earned his nickname. A frontier dictator, Kruger runs his mine like a prison colony. Most of his workers are, in fact, fugitives from justice and are given dubious "protection" by Kruger. Two of the laborers are Judith Burns (Ruth Roman) and Bob Peters (Dane Clark), both on the lam from the law. Judith and Bob befriend lawyer Aubrey Milburn (Robert Douglas), who seeks to prove that Kruger is a murderer.

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References

  1. "Barricade (1950) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  2. Crowther, Bosley (March 25, 1950). "Movie Review - Barricade - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Raymond Massey Plays Brutal Mine Owner in 'Barricade,' New Feature at Strand". The New York Times . Retrieved May 31, 2015.