''Bullwhip'' is a 1958 American
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Western
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film directed by
Harmon Jones
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and starring
Guy Madison
Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...
and
Rhonda Fleming
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. The film is about a cowboy in
Abilene, Kansas
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who agrees to a marriage to avoid being hanged. The film was shot at Kenny Ranch in
Murphys, California
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. It was the final feature film screenplay of
Adele Buffington
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Adele was born in St. Louis to Adolph Burgdorfer and Mary Elizabeth Frederick, ...
.
''Bullwhip
at TCMDB
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Plot
Steve Daley is about to be hanged for a killing he committed in self-defense when a crooked judge makes him an offer. If he is willing to marry a woman who needs to be wed immediately to collect an inheritance, Steve will be set free. He agrees and is married to a woman identified only as "Julia," who kisses him once and immediately leaves town.
Given an affidavit as proof of his innocence, Steve is turned loose, but immediately fired upon by a gunman, Karp, who works for the town's sheriff. Steve's old sidekick Podo rescues him and together they ride off, angering the sheriff.
On the trail, they meet John Parnell, a fur trader, who reveals that the woman is actually Cheyenne O'Malley, heiress to a prosperous fur business. Parnell wants to be in business with her. He offers a reward to Steve and Podo if they will catch her wagon train and persuade her to see things his way. Behind their backs, Parnell also pays Karp to go after them.
Catching up to her, Steve assumes his rights as a husband, with both the wagons and his wife. Cheyenne resists, cracking her bullwhip at him, though she also has developed romantic feelings toward him. After a falling out, however, Cheyenne steals the affidavit, which is in turn stolen by Karp from her. Cheyenne realizes what she has done and helps Steve put things right, exposing Parnell and beginning a new life together.
Cast
* Guy Madison
Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hicko ...
as Steve Daley
* Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro ...
as Cheyenne O'Malley
* James Griffith
James Jeffrey Griffith (February 13, 1916 – September 17, 1993) was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter.
Education
Griffith attended Santa Monica High School, where he was a classmate with Glenn Ford. Both were active in s ...
as 'Slow' Karp
* Don Beddoe
Donald Theophilus Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor.
Early years
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer, and his wife Mary. He graduated from the ...
as Judge Carr
* Peter Adams as John Parnell
* Dan Sheridan
Dan Sheridan (September 3, 1916 – June 29, 1963) was an Irish-American actor who appeared in more than thirty-five television series between 1957 and his death at the age of forty-six in 1963. He was cast in forty-one episodes of the ABC/Wa ...
as Podo
* Burt Nelson as Pine Hawk
* Al Terr as Lem Pierce
* Tim Graham as Pete
* Hank Worden
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as Tex
* Wayne Mallory as Larry
* Barbara Woodell
Barbara Woodell (May 25, 1910 – January 16, 1997) was an American film and television actress, born in Lewistown, Illinois.
Selected filmography
* '' Lady, Let's Dance'' (1944)
* ''The Mysterious Mr. Valentine'' (1946)
* ''Carnegie Hall'' (1 ...
as Mrs. Sarah Mason
* Rush Williams as Judd
* Don Shelton
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as Hotel Keeper
* Jack Reynolds as Sheriff
See also
* List of American films of 1958
A list of American films released in 1958. The musical romantic comedy film '' Gigi'' won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
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* 1958 in the United States
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