Valley of the Sun (film)

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Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Sun FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by George Marshall
Screenplay by Horace McCoy
Based onValley of the Sun
1940 serial story in The Saturday Evening Post
by Clarence Budington Kelland
Starring Lucille Ball
Cinematography Harry J. Wild
Edited by Desmond Marquette
Music by Paul Sawtell
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • February 6, 1942 (1942-02-06)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$646,000 [1]

Valley of the Sun is a 1942 American Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Lucille Ball and James Craig. [2]

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Plot

In the Arizona Territory of 1868, a fugitive army scout and a crooked Indian Agent lock horns over the treatment of the cheated Native Americans, and over the affections of a local beauty.

Cast

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References

  1. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p169.
  2. "Valley of the Sun – Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards". AllMovie by Rovi. Retrieved April 19, 2012.