High Lonesome (film)

High Lonesome
Directed byAlan Le May
Written byAlan Le May
Produced byGeorge Templeton
StarringJohn Drew Barrymore
CinematographyW. Howard Greene
Edited byJack Ogilvie
Music byRudy Schrager
Production
company
Le May-Templeton Pictures
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films
Release date
  • September 1, 1950 (1950-09-01) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

High Lonesome is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film written and directed by Alan Le May,[1] who also wrote the classic Western novels The Searchers, The Unforgiven, and numerous screenplays. High Lonesome was Le May's only directorial credit. The picture stars John Drew Barrymore (billed as "John Barrymore, Jr.") and features Chill Wills and Jack Elam. It is set in the Big Bend country of West Texas.

  1. ^ Atkinson, Barry. Six-Gun Law - Westerns of the 1950s: The Classic Years. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.