South of St. Louis

1949
Approved
1h 28m

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Dorothy Malone, Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, and Alexis Smith in South of St. Louis (1949)

L'amitié entre trois éleveurs du Texas. Leur ranch fut détruit par Cottrell, de l'armée de l'Union, et sa bande de pillards hors-la-loi. Le film se voulait à l'origine un témoignage sur les ... Tout lireL'amitié entre trois éleveurs du Texas. Leur ranch fut détruit par Cottrell, de l'armée de l'Union, et sa bande de pillards hors-la-loi. Le film se voulait à l'origine un témoignage sur les déserteurs pendant la Guerre de Sécession.L'amitié entre trois éleveurs du Texas. Leur ranch fut détruit par Cottrell, de l'armée de l'Union, et sa bande de pillards hors-la-loi. Le film se voulait à l'origine un témoignage sur les déserteurs pendant la Guerre de Sécession.

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6,0/10

635

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Rôles principaux64

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Joel McCrea

Kip Davis

Alexis Smith

Rouge de Lisle

Zachary Scott

Charlie Burns

Dorothy Malone

Deborah Miller

Douglas Kennedy

Lee Price

Alan Hale

Jake Evarts

Victor Jory

Luke Cottrell

Bob Steele

Slim Hansen

Art Smith

Bronco

Monte Blue

Capt. Jeffrey

Nacho Galindo

Manuel

Al Bain

Trooper
(uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Mexican Townsman
(uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman
(uncredited)

Chris Willow Bird

Barfly
(uncredited)

Al Bridge

Farmer
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Henchman
(uncredited)

Bob Burns

Townsman
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
The character "Luke Cottrell" is described as the leader of a band of guerrilla raiders working for the Union army that ravaged the Missouri countryside during the Civil War, robbing and murdering Southern sympathizers. The character is obviously based on the real-life William Quantrill, who was in fact the leader of a band of Confederate guerrillas that terrorized the Missouri and Kansas countryside during the Civil War. His raiders were responsible for the sacking and burning of Lawrence, KS, on Aug. 21, 1863, during which more than 150 men and boys in the town were rounded up and executed. It became known as The Lawrence Massacre. Eventually Quantrill's methods were so brutal--wholesale executions of prisoners, burning and looting towns and villages, etc.--that the Confederacy disowned him and withdrew all support. He was shot in an ambush by Union troops on May 10, 1865, and died in a Union military prison on June 6.

Gaffes
A revolver commonly seen in the film is the famous Colt Single Action Army Revolver. This design did not appear until 1873, much too late for use in the American Civil War.

Citations
[after Rouge spurns Charlie's advances in favor of his honest brother Kip]
Charlie Burns: But he doesn't even have a shirt to his name!
Rouge de Lisle: It's not the clothes that make the man, it's how he wears 'em.

Connexions
Referenced in Quicksand (1950)

Bandes originales
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Music by Ray Heindorf
Lyrics by Ralph Blane
Performed by Alexis Smith (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) (uncredited)

Commentaires des utilisateurs16

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4/10

The story of three friends who liked to tinkle everywhere they went.

Despite having Joel McCrea in the lead, this is a rather dull western...dull and pretty predictable. About the only part that was unexpected was how less than honorable McCrea's character was through much of the movie.

The story is set during the Civil War. Three buddies all arrive in Yankee occupied Texas on the lookout for Cottrell (Victor Jory). Cottrell is fashioned after the real life Civil War raider, Quantrill...though oddly he's fighting for the Union in this one. Despite Kip Davis (Joel McCrea) and his friends wanting to kill Cottrell, soon Lee (Douglas Kennedy) joins the Confederate army and Kip and Charlie (Zachary Scott) help the South by running the blockades. Eventually, however, Charlie comes to enjoy getting rich much more than helping the Confederacy and this brings a very predictable showdown at the end.

Everything about this film is mediocre at best and the story only occasionally interesting. I had a hard time caring about the characters and the story.