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High Lonesome (film)
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High Lonesome is a 1950 Western
movie written and directed by Alan Le May
. The film stars John Drew Barrymore
(billed as "John Barrymore, Jr.") and features Chill Wills
and Jack Elam
.
... Cooncat
Chill Wills
... Boatwhistle, Ranch Cook
John Archer
... Pat Farrell
Lois Butler ... Meagan Davis
Kristine Miller ... Abby Davis
Basil Ruysdael
... 'Horse' Davis, Ranch Owner
Jack Elam
... Smiling Man
Dave Kashner ... Roper
Frank Cordell ... Frank
Clem Fuller ... Dixie
Hugh Aiken ... Art Simms
Howard Joslin ... Jim Shell
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
movie written and directed by Alan Le May
Alan Le May
Alan Brown Le May was an American novelist and screenplay writer.He is most remembered for two classic Western novels, The Searchers and The Unforgiven...
. The film stars John Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore was a member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel...
(billed as "John Barrymore, Jr.") and features Chill Wills
Chill Wills
Chill Theodore Wills was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.-Biography:Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas in 1902. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s...
and Jack Elam
Jack Elam
William Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...
.
Cast
John Drew BarrymoreJohn Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore was a member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel...
... Cooncat
Chill Wills
Chill Wills
Chill Theodore Wills was an American film actor, and a singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet.-Biography:Wills was born in Seagoville, Texas in 1902. He was a performer from early childhood, forming and leading the Avalon Boys singing group in the 1930s...
... Boatwhistle, Ranch Cook
John Archer
John Archer (actor)
John Archer was an American movie and television actor.-Biography:Born Ralph Bowman in Osceola, Nebraska, Archer moved to California at the age of five...
... Pat Farrell
Lois Butler ... Meagan Davis
Kristine Miller ... Abby Davis
Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael was an American film actor and opera singer.-Early life:He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and started as a bass-baritone in the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1910 to 1918...
... 'Horse' Davis, Ranch Owner
Jack Elam
Jack Elam
William Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...
... Smiling Man
Dave Kashner ... Roper
Frank Cordell ... Frank
Clem Fuller ... Dixie
Hugh Aiken ... Art Simms
Howard Joslin ... Jim Shell