Movie
The Hallelujah Trail
Overview
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Details
- Release date
- 1965-06-23
- Runtime
- 165 min
- Genres
- Western, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kappa, The Mirisch Company, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
- Lee Remick as Cora Templeton Massingale
- Jim Hutton as Capt. Paul Slater
- Donald Pleasence as 'Oracle' Jones
- Brian Keith as Frank Wallingham
- Martin Landau as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
- Pamela Tiffin as Louise Gearhart
- John Anderson as Sgt. Buell
- Tom Stern as Kevin O'Flaherty
- Robert J. Wilke as Chief Five Barrels
- Dub Taylor as Clayton Howell
- Whit Bissell as Hobbs
Crew
- John Sturges - Director
- John Gay - Screenplay
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