The Naked Hills

The Naked Hills

1956
1h 12m
4.6

4.6/10

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Overview

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Allied Artists Pictures La Salle Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date June 17, 1956
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0049540

Cast

David Wayne
David Wayne

Tracy Powell

Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn

Sam Wilkins

James Barton
James Barton

Jimmo McCann

Marcia Henderson
Marcia Henderson

Julie

Jim Backus
Jim Backus

Willis Haver

Denver Pyle
Denver Pyle

Bert Killian / Narrator

Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell

Aggie

Lewis L. Russell
Lewis L. Russell

Baxter

Frank Fenton
Frank Fenton

Harold

Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight

Pitch Man

Jim Hayward
Jim Hayward

Counter Man

Christopher Olsen
Christopher Olsen

Billy as a Boy

Key Crew

Josef Shaftel
Screenplay
Josef Shaftel
Producer
Josef Shaftel
Director