Return to Warbow

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Return to Warbow
Return to Warbow - film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Written byLes Savage Jr.
Screenplay byLes Savage Jr.
Based onReturn to Warbow
by Les Savage Jr.
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Philip Carey
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 1958 (1958-01)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Return to Warbow is a 1958 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Philip Carey. [1] [2] [3] The film is based on the novel Return to Warbow by Les Savage, Jr. (New York, 1955).

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Plot

Philip Carey plays Clay Hollister, an escaped prisoner, who returns to his native town of Warbow together with two accomplices, Red and Johnny, to recover $30,000 that he stashed there 11 years before. To achieve his goal, he takes local boy David Fallam (Christopher Olsen) hostage—only to learn later that the boy is his son. [4]

Cast

Production

The film was shot at the Corriganville Ranch at Simi Valley and the Iverson Movie Ranch at Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, from July 22 to August 2, 1957. [5]

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References

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  2. Aaker, Everett (May 16, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN   978-1-4766-2856-1 . Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. Franklin, Mark (December 11, 2015). "Return to Warbow (1958)". onceuponatimeinawestern.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  4. Stephens, E. J.; Wanamaker, Marc (2011). Griffith Park: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 109. ISBN   9780738588834.
  5. "Return to Warbow". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. afi.com . Retrieved September 18, 2017.