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Directed by | Stuart Gilmore |
Screenplay by | Harold Shumate Richard Wormser Charles Hoffman |
Story by | Robert Hardy Andrews |
Produced by | Herman Schlom Irving Starr |
Starring | Robert Young |
Cinematography | William V. Skall |
Edited by | Samuel E. Beetley |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Half-Breed is a 1952 AmericanWestern film directed byStuart Gilmore and written byHarold Shumate,Richard Wormser andCharles Hoffman. The film starsRobert Young,Janis Carter,Jack Buetel,Barton MacLane,Reed Hadley andPorter Hall. The film was released on May 4, 1952, byRKO Pictures.[1][2][3]
The Apache near the fictional town of San Remo,Arizona, are subject to exploitation by local whites and a corrupt USIndian agent. Charlie Wolf (known as thehalf-breed for his partial European ancestry) tries to lead his people during difficult times. Dan Craig (Robert Young) is a gambler who comes to town and gets involved in negotiations between Wolf and the townspeople, who fear anApache attack. At the same time, there are rumors of gold in the ground under the Apache reservation, increasing the threat to them by European-American encroachment.
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