The Walking Hills (1949) DVD-R

Starring Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan, Arthur Kennedy,
John Ireland, Jerome Courtland
Directed by John Sturges

Print: black/white
Runtime: 78 min.
Genre: western
Print Quality: B

The Walking Hills stars Randolph Scott as a Westerner named Jim Carey. He is one of
several people searching for a lost gold mine. Carey's cohorts in this treasure hunt include
at least one convicted murderer and several potential killers, so it's a source of wonder
who'll survive till fade-out time (veteran moviegoers will probably consider it a safe bet that
grizzled old Edgar Buchanan won't be one of the survivors). Lust and greed collide head-on
when gorgeous Chris Jackson (Ella Raines) enters the picture. Like most Randolph Scott
oaters, The Walking Hills is longer on tension than fast action; director John Sturges would
later employ the same cat-and-mouse formula in Bad Day at Black Rock (1954).