Massacre River | |
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Directed by | John Rawlins |
Screenplay by | Louis Stevens Otto Englander |
Based on | When a Man's a Man by Harold Bell Wright |
Produced by | Julian Lesser Frank Melford |
Starring | Rory Calhoun Guy Madison Carole Mathews |
Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Edited by | Richard Cahoon |
Music by | John Leipold Lucien Moraweck |
Production company | Windsor Pictures |
Distributed by | Allied Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Massacre River is a 1949 American western film directed by John Rawlins and starring Rory Calhoun, Guy Madison and Carole Mathews. [1] [2] The film's sets were designed by Lucius O. Croxton. It was distributed by Allied Artists.
Two cavalry officers clash over the colonel's daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles. [3]
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