Red Canyon (1949)

A saddle tramp (Howard Duff) attempts to distance himself from his outlaw family by changing his name. The headstrong daughter (Ann Blyth) of a horse breeder (George Brent) defies her father when she attempts to tame a wild stallion. The two stories merge when the drifter and the girl meet. Based on the novel WILDFIRE by Zane Grey and directed by George Sherman (COUNT THREE AND PRAY). This is a slightly above average oater, beautifully photographed in three stip Technicolor by Irving Glassberg (TARNISHED ANGELS). For awhile, it seems slightly schizophrenic as the Duff storyline and the Blyth storyline play out separately until they merge. There's not much one can say about a standard western like this other than it does what it set out to do and did it well. Even if you're not a westerns buff, you should find it entertaining. With Lloyd Bridges, John McIntire, Chill Wills, Jane Darwell and Denver Pyle.