Vengeance Valley
Burt Lancaster in His BIGGEST Outdoor Adventure Drama!
1951 · 1h 23m · UNRATED
Western
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Overview
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Director and cast
- Richard Thorpe Director
- Burt Lancaster as Owen Daybright
- Robert Walker as Lee Strobie
- Joanne Dru as Jen Strobie
- Sally Forrest as Lily Fasken
- John Ireland as Hub Fasken
- Carleton Carpenter as Hewie
- Ray Collins as Arch Strobie
- Ted de Corsia as Herb Backett
- Hugh O'Brian as Dick Fasken
- Will Wright as Mr. Willoughby
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