5.6
Scarlet River
1933
“When the Texas Plains Ran With Blood and Black Gold!”
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
September 1, 19581h 21mEN
6.7
47 votes
Overview
Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.
Director
Joseph H. LewisWriter
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English
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Seltzer FilmsUnited Artists
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User Reviews
John Chard
8.0The Whaler and the Western. Joseph H. Lewis was something of a B movie king, with his best directorial efforts coming via Westerns and film noir. After this Sterling Hayden starrer he signed off from Hollywood for good, as a legacy it's difficult to say if it's a fitting point of reference to Lewis and his talents, or entirely apt for his career? It's an often quirky, even bizarre, picture that manages through its surreal like tendencies to detract from its formulaic Western plot. Set in Prairie City, Texas, the tale revolves around George Hanson (Hayden), a Swedish whaler who after 19…
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