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Red Mountain is a 1951 American Western historical film, starring Alan Ladd, set in the last days of the US Civil War. The plot centres on an attempt by Quantrill's Raiders to stir up rebellion in the West.

Red Mountain
Directed by	William Dieterle John Farrow (uncredited)
Written by	George W. George George F. Slavin
Produced by	Hal Wallis
Starring	Alan Ladd Lizabeth Scott Arthur Kennedy John Ireland
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Warren Low
Music by	Franz Waxman
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 1951 (1951-11)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US rentals)[1]

Plot

Colorado, 1865: A gold assayer is killed and Lane Waldron is seen leaving, so a posse goes after him and turns into a lynch mob. Lane claims he had a sample from his mine examined by the assayer, but denies shooting him. A noose around Lane's neck is shot in half at the last second by an unseen marksman.

The rescuer turns out to be Brett Sherwood, a Confederate captain from the Civil War. In a hideout he leaves a gun as a test, and when Lane grabs it and aims it at him Brett reveals that it's not loaded. Lane's sweetheart, Chris, turns up as well, so Brett takes both of them captive.

Although she has different loyalties from Lane, hating the rebels and General William Quantrill in particular for killing her family, Chris frees him from his bonds.

In a struggle, Lane's leg is broken. Brett does everything in his power to help him. He goes to get a doctor. Quantrill and his raiders turn up, and his sergeant, Randall, tries to torture Lane into revealing the location of his gold mine. Brett and Chris return with a doctor, who operates on Lane.

A band of Indians engages Quantrill's men in battle. Lane is shot by a Ute, who is killed by Chris. As he lies dying, Lane says he wants Chris and Brett to have his gold mine. Brett confesses that he was the one who had killed the assayer, who had been trying to cheat him and pulled a gun on him.

Cast

• Alan Ladd as Brett
• Lizabeth Scott as Chris
• John Ireland as Quantrill
• Arthur Kennedy as Lane
• Bert Freed as Randall
• Jeff Corey as Skee
• Neville Brand as Dixon
• Francis McDonald as Marshal Roberts
• Whit Bissell as Miles
• Jay Silverheels as Little Crow

Production

The film was originally called Quantrill's Raiders.[2]

At one stage Burt Lancaster and Wendell Corey, who were both under contract to Hal Wallis, were to star.[3] The lead role eventually went to Alan Ladd. It was shot on location in New Mexico near the town of Gallup.[4][5][6]

Director William Dieterle fell ill during the shoot and John Farrow flew out to take over.[7] His work is uncredited.

References

External links

• Red Mountain at IMDb

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