The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Tony Curtis. Colleen Miller and Arthur Kennedy. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But, Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the riverboat while on their way. Ben is implicated on arrival and flees, all the while working both sides of the law to clear his name. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her. Encountering Rick Harper, whom he initially takes as a would be bandit, they develop a friendship that winds up with both men saving the other's neck.

Cast

Tony Curtis as Ben Matthews

Colleen Miller as Zoe Fontaine

Arthur Kennedy as Rick Harper

William Demarest as Brand Comfort

William Gargan as Marshal Sommers

Peter van Eyck as Andre Boucher

Minor Watson as Matt Comfort

Donald Randolph as Carrico

Robert Wilke as Neal

Trevor Bardette as Captain

James Anderson as Deputy Wade

Robert Foulk as Mate

Chubby Johnson as Gif Lessing

Leigh Snowden as Miss Vanilla Bissell

Don Beddoe as Frank Porter

See also

List of American films of 1956

References

External links

1956 films

1956 Western (genre) films

American Western (genre) films

Films set on ships

Universal Pictures films

Films about gambling

Films scored by Hans J. Salter

Films scored by Frank Skinner

1950s English-language films

1950s American films

1950s historical films

American historical films

Films set in the 19th century