Sierra

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MOVIES OF AUDIE MURPHY: Summary, credits, and photos of Audie Murphy's movies
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Sierra
Movie #5
1950, Universal International Pictures

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Summary: Making a living as a mustanger, Ring Hassard (Audie) is a young man who has had virtually no contact with people. He and his father, Jeff Hassard, have been living a reclusive life in the mountains because dad has been wrongly accused of murder and is in hiding. The story takes a turn when father and son a lost woman, named Riley Martin, shows up. The pretty Ms. Martin, who is given a place to stay by the father and son, is surprised at how little Ring knows about women. Unfortunately Jeff is injured and Ring is charged with rustling horses but is defended by Riley Martin. Riley discovers the truth about Ring and his father and helps set the record straight with the authorities. At the time this movie was made, Wanda Hendrix was also Audie's wife.

Credits:
Studio	...	Universal International Pictures
Released	...	1950
Genre	...	Western
Length	...	83 minutes
Directed By	...	Alfred E. Green
Written By	...	Edna Anhalt Milton Ginzburg Stuart Hardy
Cinematography by	...	Karl Struss
Photography Director	...	Russell Metty
Music by	...	Paul Sawtell Walter Scharf
Film Editing by	...	Ted Kent

Cast:
Audie Murphy	...	Ring Hassard
Wanda Hendrix	...	Riley Martin
Burl Ives	...	Lonesome
Dean Jagger	...	Jeff Hassard
Richard Rober	...	Big Matt Rango
Anthony (Tony) Curtis	...	Brent Coulter
Houseley Stevenson	...	Sam Coulter
Elliott Reid	...	Duke Lafferty
Griff Barnett	...	Doctor Robbins
Elisabeth Risdon	...	Aunt Susan
Roy Roberts	...	Sheriff Knudsen
Gregg Martell	...	Hogan
Sara Allgood	...	Mrs. Jonas
Erskine Sanford	...	Judge Prentiss
John Doucette	...	Jed Coulter
James Arness	...	Little Sam
Ted Jordan	...	Jim Coulter
I. Stanford Jolley	...	Snake Willens
Jack Ingram	...	Al

Other Crew:
Producer	...	Michel Kraike
Art Director	...	Bernard Herzbrun Robert F. Boyle
Makeup	...	Bud Westmore
Sound	...	Lesley I. Carey Glenn E. Anderson

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