Stars in My Crown (film)

Stars in My Crown
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Screenplay byMargaret Fitts
Based onStars in My Crown
1947 novel
by Joe David Brown
Produced byWilliam H. Wright
StarringJoel McCrea
Ellen Drew
Dean Stockwell
Alan Hale
Lewis Stone
James Mitchell
Juano Hernandez
Charles Kemper
Narrated byMarshall Thompson
CinematographyCharles Schoenbaum
Edited byGene Ruggiero
Music byAdolph Deutsch
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 11, 1950 (1950-05-11)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,175,000[1]
Box office$2,146,000[1]

Stars in My Crown is a 1950 Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea as a preacher whose faith tames an unruly town by inspiring the townspeople to change. It was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Joe David Brown.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Brown, Joe David (1947). Stars In My Crown. New York City: William Morrow and Company. ASIN B002J1KM1U.