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Yellowstone Kelly

1959 · 91 min

A sturdy, old-fashioned frontier tale that ambles through snowy wilderness toward a tense standoff, with earnest romance and a soft heart.

Tagline
Clint's back!...and 'Kookie' is with him!
Overview
A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • love
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, western
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
Written by
Burt Kennedy
Starring
Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton, Claude Akins, Rhodes Reason, Andra Martin, Gary Vinson
Music
Howard Jackson
Cinematography
Carl E. Guthrie
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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