Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 Western Technicolor movie based upon a novel by Heck Allen (using his pen name Clay Fisher, which shows in the movie credits) with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Yellowstone Luther Kelly, and directed by Gordon Douglas. The film was originally supposed to be directed by John Ford with John Wayne in the Clint Walker role but Ford and Wayne opted to make The Horse Soldiers instead.
At the time the film was notable for using the leads of then popular Warner Bros. Television shows, Cheyenne (Walker), Lawman (Russell), 77 Sunset Strip (Byrnes), and The Alaskans (Danton) as well as Warners contract stars such as Andra Martin, Claude Akins, Rhodes Reason and Gary Vinson.
The novel was based on the real life Luther Kelly.Synopsis
Luther Kelly, un trappeur, ayant sauvé la vie du chef indien Gall, a l'autorisation de poser des pièges sur le territoire des Sioux. Il est aidé par son assistant Anse Harper. Kelly refuse de guider l'armée fédérale à travers ce territoire. Sur le chemin du retour, Kelly et Harper sont faits prisonniers par Sayapi, le neveu de Gall. Les deux trappeurs réussissent à soustraire Wahleeah, une jeune indienne, des griffes de Sayapi. Cependant, le major Towns, mégalomane arriviste, fou de rage du refus de Kelly, tente d'envahir les terres réservées aux Indiens...
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