Red Canyon (1949 film)

Red Canyon
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	Maurice Geraghty
Based on	Wildfire by Zane Grey
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Ann Blyth Howard Duff George Brent
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Music by	Walter Scharf
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 5, 1949 (1949-05-05)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Red Canyon is a 1949 American Technicolor western film directed by George Sherman and starring Ann Blyth, Howard Duff and George Brent. It was based on the 1917 novel Wildfire by Zane Grey.

Plot

The plot revolves around Black Velvet, a wild stallion that runs rampant across the range. Two people, reformed bad man Lin Sloan (played by Howard Duff) and tomboyish farmer's daughter Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), think they can tame him. In the process, they tame each other.

Cast

• Ann Blyth as Lucy Bostel
• Howard Duff as Lin Sloan
• George Brent as Matthew Bostel
• Edgar Buchanan as Jonah Johnson
• John McIntire as Floyd Cordt
• Chill Wills as Brackton
• Jane Darwell as Aunt Jane
• Lloyd Bridges as Virgil Cordt
• James Seay as Joel Creech
• Edmund MacDonald as Farlane
• David Clarke as Sears
• Denver Pyle as Hutch
• Willard W. Willingham as Van (as William Willingham)

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Duk Creek, Cascade Falls, Kanab Canyon, Kanab Race Track, Aspen Mirror Lake, Paria, Tibbets Valley, and Bryce Canyon in Utah.

External links

• Red Canyon at IMDb
• Red Canyon at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Red Canyon at the TCM Movie Database