Wild Horse Mesa (1947 film)
{{Short description|1947 film by Wallace Grissell}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Wild Horse Mesa
| image = Wild Horse Mesa 1947 Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Wallace Grissell
| producer = Herman Schlom
| screenplay = Norman Houston
| based_on = {{based on|Wild Horse Mesa|Zane Grey}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Tim Holt
- Nan Leslie
- Richard Martin
}}
| music = Paul Sawtell
| cinematography = Frank Redman
| editing = Desmond Marquette
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1947|11|13|US}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Wild Horse Mesa is a 1947 American Western film directed by Wallace Grissell and starring Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, and Richard Martin. It was written by Norman Houston, based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey.{{cite news|title='GANGSTER' ARRIVES|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 December 1947|page=14}}
It was the eighth and last of a series of Zane Grey novels filmed by RKO. The book had been previously filmed in 1925 (starring Holt's father) and 1933.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p222
Plot
Two cowboys go to work for a rancher and his beautiful daughter. Together they search for wild horses. When they find the horses, a rival rancher offers to purchase them, but during the transaction he murders the good rancher. The rival rancher is soon killed by one of his own men, and he in turn is killed by the wild horse who is the leader of the herd.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Tim Holt as Dave Jordan
- Nan Leslie as Sue Melhern
- Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
- Tom Keene as Hod Slack
- Jason Robards Sr. as Pop Melhern
- Tony Barrett as Jim Horn
- Harry Woods as Jay Olmstead
- William Gould as Marshal Bradford
- Robert Bray as Tex
- Dick Foote as Rusty
- Frank Yaconelli as Clemente
}}
Production
The film was shot at RKO's backlot in Encino and at Lone Pine.{{cite web|url=http://offscreen.com/view/tim-holt-and-the-b-western|website=Offscreen.com|title=Tim Holt and the B Western|first=Tom|last=Stempel|date=November 2013}}
References
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External list
- {{IMDb title|0179533}}
- {{TCMDb title|5733}}
- [https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-11#page/n135/mode/1up Review of film] at Variety
Category:1947 Western (genre) films
Category:Films based on works by Zane Grey
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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