Nevada (1944 film)

Nevada
Theatrical poster without Mitchum's name
Directed byEdward Killy
Written byZane Grey (novel)
Norman Houston
StarringRobert Mitchum
Anne Jeffreys
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Richard Martin
CinematographyHarry J. Wild
Edited byRoland Gross
Music byPaul Sawtell
Dave Dreyer (uncredited)
Roy Webb (uncredited)
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1944 (1944-12-20) (U.S.)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nevada is a 1944 Western film based on the 1928 Zane Grey novel and starring a 27-year-old Robert Mitchum, with Anne Jeffreys, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Richard Martin in supporting roles. The film was written by Norman Houston from Grey's popular novel and directed by Edward Killy. Mitchum is billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy" at the film's beginning. Although this was not Mitchum's first movie, it was his first lead role; he had previously played mainly villains.

Richard Martin also played sidekick "Chito Rafferty" in thirty other western movies, most of which starred screen cowboy Tim Holt, who had joined the service during World War II when Nevada was produced. Martin played this same character set in different times, both contemporary and the Old West.[2]

This version is a remake of the 1927 silent film Nevada starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. This is the only time that Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum played the same role in two different films.

The following year, Mitchum again played the lead in another Zane Grey movie with the same writer and director titled West of the Pecos also featuring Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty.

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References

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  1. ^ "Nevada: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "Tim Holt and the B Western".
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