Dallas (film)

Dallas
Directed by	Stuart Heisler
Written by	John Twist
Produced by	Anthony Veiller
Starring	Gary Cooper Ruth Roman Steve Cochran Barbara Payton Raymond Massey
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Music by	Max Steiner
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	December 30, 1950 (1950-12-30)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.2 million (US rentals)

Dallas (1950) is an American Western Technicolor film directed by Stuart Heisler, and starring Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Barbara Payton, and Raymond Massey. The film is set in the title city during the Reconstruction Era of the United States.

Plot summary

Blayde Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a former Confederate out to revenge himself on a group of carpetbaggers who murdered his family and destroyed their home in Georgia. With the help of his friend Wild Bill Hickok (Reed Hadley), Hollister's death is faked and he accompanies and swaps identities with Federal Marshal Martin Weatherby (Leif Erickson). Martin is an inexperienced dude from the East using the position of Marshal to impress his fiancee Tonia (Ruth Roman), whose Mexican family is being terrorised by the same gang that murdered Reb's family and terrorised Georgia. Hollister posing as the dude Martin protects both men and lets them get closer to the carpetbaggers.

Cast

• Gary Cooper as Blayde Hollister
• Ruth Roman as Tonia Robles
• Steve Cochran as Bryant Marlow
• Raymond Massey as Will Marlow
• Barbara Payton as Flo
• Leif Erickson as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby
• Antonio Moreno as Don Felipe Robles
• Jerome Cowan as Matt Coulter
• Reed Hadley as Wild Bill Hickok

External links

• Dallas at IMDb
• Dallas at AllMovie
• Dallas at the TCM Movie Database
• Dallas at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films