The Far Country (1954)

6.9/10 97 min Western

Overview

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

Cast

James Stewart

Jeff Webster

Ruth Roman

Ronda Castle

Corinne Calvet

Renee Vallon

Walter Brennan

Ben Tatum

John McIntire

Judge Gannon

Jay C. Flippen

Rube

Harry Morgan

Ketchum

Steve Brodie

Ives

Connie Gilchrist

Hominy

Robert J. Wilke

Madden

Chubby Johnson

Dusty

Royal Dano

Luke

Jack Elam

Frank Newberry

Kathleen Freeman

Grits

Al Bain

Miner (uncredited)

Gregg Barton

Rounds (uncredited)

Recommendations

Open Range
White Fang
Call of the Wild
The Ox-Bow Incident
The War Wagon
The Gold Rush
Chisum
The Call of the Wild
Bend of the River
How the West Was Won
The White Buffalo
3:10 to Yuma
Comes a Horseman
Australia
Rooster Cogburn
Ride the High Country
The Spoilers
Quigley Down Under
First Cow
Colorado Territory