Green Grass of Wyoming

Green Grass of Wyoming
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouis King
Screenplay byMartin Berkeley
Based onGreen Grass of Wyoming
1946 novel
by Mary O'Hara
Produced byRobert Bassler
StarringPeggy Cummins
Charles Coburn
Robert Arthur
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 3, 1948 (1948-06-03)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[1]
Box office$2.1 million (US rentals)[2]

Green Grass of Wyoming is a 1948 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn and Robert Arthur.

The screenplay, written by Martin Berkeley, is based on the third book in the popular, "My Friend Flicka" trilogy, written by Mary O'Hara.[3] The film follows the further adventures of the McLaughlin family who live on a horse ranch in Wyoming. Marilyn Monroe appeared as an uncredited extra.

The original cast from the first two films did not reprise their roles in the third.

  1. ^ Variety 18 February 1948 p7
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety, 5 January 1949, p 46
  3. ^ "Green Grass of Wyoming (1948): Full Cast & Crew - Writing Credits". IMDb. Retrieved November 7, 2014.