The Far Country

RENEE...the innocent...and the untamed...BEN...the gambler...and the loser...GANNON...the law...and the noose...RUBE...the friendless...and the afraid.

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.

1954

1h 37min

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Top Billed Cast

James Stewart
Jeff Webster
Ruth Roman
Ronda Castle
Corinne Calvet
Renee Vallon
Walter Brennan
Ben Tatum
John McIntire
Judge Gannon
Jay C. Flippen
Rube
Harry Morgan
Ketchum
Steve Brodie
Ives
Connie Gilchrist
Hominy
Robert J. Wilke
Madden
Chubby Johnson
Dusty
Royal Dano
Luke
Jack Elam
Frank Newberry
Kathleen Freeman
Grits
Connie Van
Molasses
Emile Avery
Miner (uncredited)
Al Bain
Miner (uncredited)
John Barton
Miner (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Rounds (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
Miner (uncredited)

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