These Thousand Hills

These Thousand Hills
Directed byRichard Fleischer
Screenplay byAlfred Hayes
Based onThese Thousand Hills
1956 novel
by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Produced byDavid Weisbart
StarringDon Murray
Richard Egan
Lee Remick
Patricia Owens
Stuart Whitman
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byHugh S. Fowler
Music byLeigh Harline
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 6, 1959 (1959-05-06)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,645,000[1]

These Thousand Hills is a 1959 American Western film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Stuart Whitman and Patricia Owens. The screenplay was written by Alfred Hayes.[2] It is based on the novel of the same name by A. B. Guthrie Jr. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico.

The plot involves a sheltered rancher brought up under the stern gaze of his Bible-thumping father.[3]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (January 1, 1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson, Rovi. "These Thousand Hills (1959)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "These Thousand Hills(1959)- Production Details". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012.