Red Canyon (1949 film)

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Red Canyon
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Directed by George Sherman
Screenplay by Maurice Geraghty
Based onWildfire by Zane Grey
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
Starring Ann Blyth
Howard Duff
George Brent
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Music by Walter Scharf
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 5, 1949 (1949-05-05)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Red Canyon is a 1949 American Technicolor western film directed by George Sherman and starring Ann Blyth, Howard Duff and George Brent. It was based on the 1917 novel Wildfire by Zane Grey.

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Plot

The plot revolves around Black Velvet, a wild stallion that runs rampant across the range. Two people, reformed bad man Lin Sloan (played by Howard Duff) and tomboyish farmer's daughter Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), think they can tame him. In the process, they tame each other.

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Production

Parts of the film were shot in Duk Creek, Cascade Falls, Kanab Canyon, Kanab Race Track, Aspen Mirror Lake, Paria, Tibbets Valley, and Bryce Canyon in Utah. [1] :288

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References

  1. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN   9781423605874.