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These Thousand Hills

1959 · 96 min

A slow-burning, morally serious Western that traces a man's rise and the compromises that hollow him out.

Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick
Tagline
All the fire . . . power . . . drama . . . of A.B. Guthrie's monumental best-seller!
Overview
A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.

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Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, western
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Alfred Hayes
Starring
Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Patricia Owens, Stuart Whitman, Albert Dekker, Harold J. Stone, Royal Dano
Cinematography
Charles G. Clarke
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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