Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
| Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | |
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| Directed by | George Sherman |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Written by |
Maurice Geraghty Melvin Levy |
| Starring |
Yvonne de Carlo Howard Duff Dorothy Hart |
| Music by | Milton Schwarzwald |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
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Production
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Sherman starring Yvonne de Carlo and Howard Duff.
Sheriff Will Egan doesn't want any gamblers in Denton, Texas and is suspicious when stranger Sam Bass arrives in town. The sheriff's daughter Kathy likes the newcomer, though, while Calamity Jane is impressed with Sam's way with horses, even more so when Sam spots a poorly shod favorite in a horse race and bets against him, winning a tidy sum.
Sam buys the losing horse with his wager winnings and intends to race him. But when a hired guy poisons the horse, Sam shoots him. Sam tries to turn himself in, but feels he can't get a fair trial and busts out. He ends up shot, dying in Jane's arms, yet seemingly in love with Kathy.
De Carlo was reluctant to make the film as it was a Western but did not want to go on suspension.
Filming started 7 October 1948 in Kanab, Utah.
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