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Devil’s Doorway

Anthony Mann
USA
Synopsis
Lance Poole is a Shoshone Indian who has won the Congressional Medal of Honor at Gettysburg. He goes home to Wyoming and has trouble with Verne Coolan, a prejudiced lawyer who threatens to take away the Indians' traditional lands under a new homesteading law. Poole attempts to assuage matters between his tribe and the settlers by appealing to the authorities for help, but it is useless. The tribe is trounced in the courts and on the battlefield.
Director
Anthony Mann
Screenplay
Guy Trosper
Photography
John Alton
Edition
Conrad A. Nervig
Music
Daniel Amfitheatrof
Cast
Robert Taylor (Lance Poole), Louis Calhern (Verne Coolan), Paula Raymond (Orrie Masters), Marshall Thompson (Rod McDougall), James Mitchell (Red Rock)
Running Time
84 m.
Country
USA
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