The Walking Hills

"10 WENT IN...7 CAME OUT...as the Walking Hills guarded their treasure!"

Mar 5 1949 Passed 1h 18m
Adventure, Thriller, Western

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

Plot

A long-lost gold treasure, believed buried in the sand dunes of the fabulous Walking Hills, attracts adventurers Jim Carey (Randolph Scott), a rancher; Shep (William Bishop), rodeo rider wanted for murder; Old Will (Edgar Buchanan); Chalk (Arthur Kennedy); Frazee (John Ireland), a detective hunting Shep; Johnny (Jerome Courtland), a cowboy and Josh (Josh White), an entertainer. Uninvited, Chris Jackson (Ella Raines, loved by both Jim and Shep, joins the treasure-hunters. Hard work, suspicion, danger and intrigues and hatreds culminate in a grim fight with shovels, and a raging desert sand-storm leads to the conclusion.

Written by

Alan Le May, Virginia Roddick

Directed by

John Sturges

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,264
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA