The Proud Rebel
1958 film by Michael Curtiz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant.[1][2] It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest. Despite the implications of the title, the main character in "The Proud Rebel" does not dwell much on his Southern past, but finds his life complicated by sectional prejudice.
The Proud Rebel | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Written by | Joseph Petracca Lillie Hayward |
Based on | Journal of Linnett Moore 1947 story in The Country Gentleman by James Edward Grant |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn Jr |
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Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Aaron Stell |
Music by | Jerome Moross |
Production company | Formosa Productions[1] |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution (USA) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (International) |
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Running time | 103 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,600,000[3] |
Box office | $1.5 million[4] |
The film stars Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd[1][2] and Cecil Kellaway and features Harry Dean Stanton (credited as Dean Stanton) in an early film appearance.