Movie
Yellow Sky
Overview
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
Details
- Release date
- 1948-12-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gregory Peck as James "Stretch" Dawson
- Anne Baxter as Constance Mae 'Mike'
- Richard Widmark as Dude
- Robert Arthur as Bull Run
- John Russell as Lengthy
- Harry Morgan as Half Pint
- James Barton as Grandpa
- Charles Kemper as Walrus
- Carlos Acosta as Indian (uncredited)
- Robert Adler as Jed (uncredited)
- Ray Beltram as Indian (uncredited)
- Harry Carter as Cavalry Lieutenant (uncredited)
Crew
- William A. Wellman - Director
- Lamar Trotti - Screenplay
- W.R. Burnett - Story
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