Dallas ** (1950, Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Don Murray, Barbara Payton, Antonio Moreno, Leif Erickson, Jerome Cowan, Reed Hadley) – Classic Movie Review 6748

Director Stuart Heisler’s old-fashioned 1950 Western stars Gary Cooper, who seems to be merely coasting in a low-key, internal performance as an old Confederate colonel, Blayde ‘Red’ Hollister.

In the story by John Twist, Hollister is pretending to be a sheriff and trying to clean up Dallas of its bad guys (Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran and Don Murray) to win a pardon for himself and the love of a good woman (Ruth Roman) after rescuing her.

Dallas can boasts a good Warner Bros production, but, without any surprises or any added polish to the ancient situations, all that is here is a good modicum of decent professionalism, thanks mainly to Heisler’s stalwart handling.

On the plus side, though, Dallas looks great in Technicolor and sounds good too, courtesy of cinematographer Ernest Haller and composer Max Steiner.

Also in the cast are Barbara Payton, Antonio Moreno, Leif Erickson, Jerome Cowan, Reed Hadley as Wild Bill Hickok, Gil Donaldson, Monte Blue, Gene Evans, Tom Fadden, Hal K Dawson, Charles Horvarth, O Z Whitehead and Dewey Robinson.

Dallas is directed by Stuart Heisler, runs 94 minutes, is released by Warner Bros, is written by John Twist, is shot by Ernest Haller, is produced by Anthony Veiller and scored by Max Steiner.

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