Western

Horizons West

- LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Release Date : 1952-10-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dan Hammond

Original Name : Robert Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lorna Hardin

Original Name : Julie Adams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Neil Hammond

Original Name : Rock Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally Eaton

Original Name : Judith Braun

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ira Hammond

Original Name : John McIntire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cord Hardin

Original Name : Raymond Burr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tiny McGilligan

Original Name : James Arness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dandy Taylor

Original Name : Dennis Weaver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martha Hammond

Original Name : Frances Bavier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Tarleton

Original Name : Tom Powers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Hunter

Original Name : John Hubbard

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Jose Escobar Lopez

Original Name : Rodolfo Acosta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed Tompkins

Original Name : Douglas Fowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Layton

Original Name : Walter Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli Dodson

Original Name : Raymond Greenleaf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cy

Original Name : Dan Poore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Borden

Original Name : Frank Chase

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Jane Tarleton

Original Name : Mae Clarke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Emile Avery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Embittered Texan (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Original Name : George Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Bice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Cherney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Coby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan McGilligan (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Coch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Russell Custer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Claude Dunkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Clem Fuller

Gender : Male

Character Name : American (uncredited)

Original Name : Slim Gaut

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charlie Gibbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Gibson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge Smithers (uncredited)

Original Name : Everett Glass

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Chick Hannan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : American (uncredited)

Original Name : Dean Henson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Chuck Hicks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed (uncredited)

Original Name : Ed Hinkle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Chester Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rabble-Rouser (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Donald Kerr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Kruger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Salazar (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Mamakos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dick Tarleton (uncredited)

Original Name : Tommy Mann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Philo McCullough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul McGuire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Tyler McVey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mexican Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Millan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Ewing Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teresa (uncredited)

Original Name : Lillian Molieri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marshal Jim Clawson (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Monroe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Monte Montague

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Auriel (uncredited)

Original Name : Alberto Morin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Forbes Murray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : William H. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : William J. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Northerner (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Perrin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Al (uncredited)

Original Name : Tommy Riste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Alex Sharp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : George Sowards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hardin's Man at Table (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Taggart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Tornek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celeste McGilligan (uncredited)

Original Name : Paulette Turner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Walls

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dennis (uncredited)

Original Name : Dan White

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

You are leaving Texas at your own peril. You are about to enter Zona Libre. Horizons West is directed by Budd Boetticher with a story written by Louis Stevens. It stars Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Julia Adams, John McIntire, Raymond Burr & Dennis Weaver. It's a Technicolor production with Charles P. Boyle on photography. It's the end of the Civil War and the Hammond brothers Neal (Hudson) and Dan (Ryan) return to the family ranch in Texas. Neal is happy to graft away on the ranch but Dan wants considerably more. But Dan's plans are altered after an encounter with Cord Hardin (Burr), an encounter that sees Dan switch to the wrong side of the law. A switch that drives a wedge thru the Hammond family, particularly since Neal has decided to don a badge and become a Marshal of Austin. Interesting and watchable early Western effort from Budd Boetticher. It has some psychological aspects that mark it out as being above average. Themes of greed and family strife are of course nothing new in the grand scheme of the Western movie, but Boetticher and his cast knit them together here with some conviction, notably Ryan who was in the middle of a great run of movies that included On Dangerous Ground, Beware, My Lovely and The Naked Spur. There's no real complexities to the characters, but they are well formed, and the finale has the courage of its convictions. There's also some very neat period costuming from Rosemary Odell, with the quite ravishing Adams benefiting greatly there. The main problematic issues outside of some narrative familiarity come with being asked to believe that Ryan and Hudson (whose limp) are brothers, and that McIntire is Ryan's father (there's only two years between them in reality). Whilst there's sadly a lack of impacting outdoor photography; even if that's off set a touch by the easy on the eye set designs for the town by Russell A. Gausman & Joseph Kish. A more than adequate time filler for the discerning Western fan. 6/10