John Sturges' the hallelujah trail

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Statement of responsibility: the Mirisch Corporation presents ; screenplay by John Gay ; produced and directed by John Sturges ; a Mirisch-Kappa production

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Summary: Under the watchful eye of its owner Frank Wallingham, the Wallingham Freighting Company is bound for Denver with forty wagons of whiskey to quench the town's thirst. But there are others who have plans of their own for the load of libations including temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who wants it destroyed, the Sioux Indians who want it for themselves, ditto the Denver citizens militia, as well as the Irish teamsters hired as wagon drivers. Fearing that the shipment may not reach its destination, Colonel Thaddeus Gearhart assigns Captain Paul Slater to safeguard the cargo, unaware that Slater's fiancée Louise - who also happens to be the Colonel's daughter - has fallen under the powerful spell of Cora's temperance message

Credits note: Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; editor, Ferris Webster ; music, Elmer Bernstein

PerformerNote: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith

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