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Pursued

Pursued

Western · Drama · Romance · 1947

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

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Pursued

“Robert Mitchum fights for the love of three people who want to see him dead...his family.”

1947 Western · Drama · Romance 1h 41m

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6.5 / 10

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A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

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Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Written by

Niven Busch

Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Thor

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Jeb

Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson

Mrs. Callum

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

Grant

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Jake Dingle

John Rodney

John Rodney

Adam

Harry Carey, Jr.

Harry Carey, Jr.

Prentice

Court is in session

Put Pursued on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.