Vengeance Valley

"Burt Lancaster in His BIGGEST Outdoor Adventure Drama!"

May 5 1951 Approved 1h 23m
Western

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

Plot

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

Written by

Irving Ravetch, Luke Short

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,748
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA