''Robbers' Roost'' is a 1955 American

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film directed by

Sidney Salkow Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screenwriter, and television director. Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University, and Harvard Law Sch ...

and written by John O'Dea, Sidney Salkow and Maurice Geraghty. The film stars George Montgomery,

Richard Boone Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series ''Have Gun – Will Travel''. Early lif ...

, Sylvia Findley,

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and Tony Romano. It is based on the 1932 novel ''Robbers' Roost'' by

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier ...

. The film was released on May 30, 1955, by

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. It was filmed in Durango, Mexico. A previous adaptation of the story, also titled '' Robbers' Roost'', was released by Fox in 1932 with George O'Brien and

Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an Irish actress who played Jane in the ''Tarzan'' series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films across a span of more than half a ...

Plot

Suspecting them of being rustlers, cattle rancher Bull Herrick hires two feuding men, Hays and Heesman, as ranch hands to keep a close eye on both. The rancher's sister Helen arrives and wants Bull to return East with her, where doctors can treat the condition that has left him in a wheelchair. A stranger in town, calling himself Tex, has joined up with the Hays group of ranch hands. Tex soon earns Bulls trust and is asked to protect Helen from unwanted suitors. Hays and Heesman join forces to gradually steal the cattle small amounts at a time. When Helen goes into town to find a buyer for the cattle, she spots a wanted poster at the train station showing Tex's true identity to be Jim Wall, a fugitive from a murder charge. Hays double crosses Heesman, stealing the rest of the herd, and kidnaps Helen. Both Heesman's gang and the sheriff's posse start off in pursuit. Tex helps Helen escape, knocking her unconscious after she refuses to leave with him. On the run from Hays, she learns Tex had shot two men when Hays and his men stole his horses and killed his wife. Helen creates a rockslide, trapping Hays. A dying Hays confesses to the sheriff, clearing Tex of the murder charges.

Cast

* George Montgomery as Jim 'Tex' Wall *

as Hank Hays *Sylvia Findley as Helen Herrick *

as 'Bull' Herrick *

as Heesman * Tony Romano as Happy Jack *

Warren Stevens Warren Albert Stevens (November 2, 1919 – March 27, 2012) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Early life and career Stevens was born in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania and graduated from Clarks Summit High School.

as Smokey *

William Hopper William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature f ...

as Robert Bell *

Stanley Clements Stanley Clements (born Stanislaw Klimowicz; July 16, 1926 – October 16, 1981) was an American actor and comedian, best known for portraying "Stash" in the East Side Kids film series, and group leader Stanislaus "Duke" Coveleskie in The Bow ...

as Chuck *

Leo Gordon Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but oc ...

as Jeff

References

External links

* 1955 films 1950s English-language films United Artists films American Western (genre) films 1955 Western (genre) films Films directed by Sidney Salkow Films based on works by Zane Grey 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub