Posted on 10/03/2010 5:54:15 PM PDT by celticfreedom
Searching for an old movie from 1952.."The Return of the Texan". Starred Dale Robertson and Walter Brennan. Any assistance is sooo greatly appreciated!!
imdb is your friend
No can do. If I did, I’d have to answer them all....
Did you look under the couch cushions?
Apparently you didn’t try google?
Boy, do you know how to ruin a thread.
Ah, well. There'll be others.
On your search bar type in the name of the film and hit ‘’search’’.
Turner Classic Movies is listed as the owner of the rights. Also listed was that it has not been released on home video. Hope this helps.
Alas, not found on archive.org. Or youtube/google video. Here’s a bit from answers.com:
I hope this helps.
* Director: Delmer Daves
* AMG Rating: starstar
* Genre: Western
* Main Cast: Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Richard Boone, Tom Tully
* Release Year: 1952
* Country: US
* Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Dale Robertson stars as Sam Crockett, a widowed rancher trying to make a go of his small spread with his father (Walter Brennan) and his two small sons. Financially strapped, Crockett is forced to go to work for nasty neighboring rancher Rod (Richard Boone). When Rod’s sister-in-law Ann (Joanne Dru) falls in love with him, Crockett retreats, believing that no woman could ever measure up to his late wife. As the story progresses, however, it is Ann’s love, coupled with the faith of his two supportive sons, which help Crockett persevere despite all roadblocks. Based on a novel by Fred (Old Yeller) Gipson, Return of the Texan is a western only in its setting; the film works better as a mood piece and character study. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
* Dale Robertson - Sam Crockett
* Joanne Dru - Ann Marshall
* Walter Brennan - Firth Crockett
* Richard Boone - Rod
* Tom Tully - Stud Spiller
Robert Horton - Dr. Harris; Helen Westcott - Averill; Dennis Ross - Steve; Robert Adler - Foreman; Kathrun Sheldon - Housekeeper; Aileen Carlyle - Cordy Spiller; Brad Mora - Spiller Boy
Credit
Lyle Wheeler - Art Director, Albert Hogsett - Art Director, Renie - Costume Designer, Delmer Daves - Director, Louis Loeffler - Editor, Sol Kaplan - Composer (Music Score), Lionel Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lucien Ballard - Cinematographer, Frank P. Rosenberg - Producer, Dudley Nichols - Screenwriter, Fred Gipson - Book Author
More specific....need to find a copy to purchase. Have tried Ebay..Barnes & Noble..etc, etc..so far have found only one but the audio is terrible.
It’s not available on DVD. There is a TV rip floating around some of the more exclusive rare movie torrent trackers. Best bet is to keep checking TCM for it if you don’t want to go that route.
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Texan. Of course, then, even before I could hit Enter, it showed me the IMDB link as the top hit.
they stream movies at that site? I can’t figure it out.
That’s what I had been told, but have been hoping to even find a decent VHS copy. My father talks about seeing that movie when he was a boy and how much he loved it...was thinking what a great Christmas present! Thanks for the info though!
http://www.videolala.com/watch-return-of-the-texan-1952
Don’t know if they’re worth anything. Never used them. But they claim to be able to stream it and to let you download it via BitTorrent. Their About page says they’re just a video search engine, not a hoster.
Of course it wasn’t a real western. It didn’t have Bob Steele or Don Redberry.
I don’t think it was released on tape either, so you’ll be stuck with either what’s available online or waiting for TCM, which seems like it might be a while. The copy that’s floating around on the net also looks to have French subtitles.
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