''Stampede'' is a 1949 American
Western
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film directed by
Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Western (genre), Westerns and adventure film, adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to ...
and starring
Rod Cameron,
Gale Storm
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, ''My Littl ...
,
Johnny Mack Brown
John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western (genre), Western films.
Early lif ...
and
Don Castle
Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clar ...
.
Plot
Two brothers, Mike McCall (
Rod Cameron) and Tim McCall (
Don Castle
Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clar ...
), own a large ranch in Arizona and sell some of their surplus grazing land to some settlers. When the settlers arrive they find the land bone dry because the McCall brothers have dammed the river and control all the water.
Settler John Dawson (
Steve Clark
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) and his daughter Connie Dawson (
Gale Storm
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, ''My Littl ...
) complain to the local sheriff (
Johnny Mack Brown
John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western (genre), Western films.
Early lif ...
) but the sheriff claims there is nothing he can do. A love interest develops between Tim McCall and Connie Dawson, while simultaneously the settlers try to dynamite the dam and stampede the McCall cattle.
Cast
*
Rod Cameron as Mike McCall
*
Gale Storm
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, ''My Littl ...
as Connie Dawson
*
Johnny Mack Brown
John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western (genre), Western films.
Early lif ...
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
*
Don Castle
Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clar ...
as Tim McCall
*
Donald Curtis
Donald Curtis (born Curtis D. Rudolf; February 27, 1915 – May 22, 1997) was an American actor who had roles in dozens of films and television series.
Biography
Curtis was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Rudol ...
as Stanton
*
John Miljan
John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1924 and 1958.
Biography
Born in 1892, Miljan was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four deca ...
as T.J. Furman
*
Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley; March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor.
Life and career
Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Co ...
as Varik
*
John Eldredge
John Eldredge (born June 6, 1960 in Los Angeles) is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his best-selling book '' Wild at Heart''.
Life and work
Eldregde received his undergraduate degree in theater from ...
as Cox
* Adrian Wood as Whiskey
* Wes Christiansen as Slim (as Was C. Christiansen)
*
James Harrison as Roper
*
Duke York
Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl.
Early years
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd ...
as Maxie
* Steve Clark as John Dawson
*
I. Stanford Jolley as Link Spain
*
Marshall Reed
Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado.
Early years
Reed's parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By a ...
as Henchman Shives
*
Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California.
McCullough's film debut came in 1 ...
as Charlie - Restaurant Proprietor
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1949 films
1949 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
1940s English-language films
Allied Artists films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Lesley Selander
1940s American films
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