| Nevada | |
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 Theatrical poster without Mitchum's name | |
| Directed by | Edward Killy |
| Written by | Zane Grey (novel) Norman Houston |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Anne Jeffreys Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Richard Martin |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Roland Gross |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell Dave Dreyer (uncredited) Roy Webb (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nevada is a 1944 Western film based on the 1928 Zane Grey novel and starring a 27-year-old Robert Mitchum, with Anne Jeffreys, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Richard Martin in supporting roles. The film was written by Norman Houston from Grey's popular novel and directed by Edward Killy. Mitchum is billed with "Introducing Bob Mitchum as Jim Lacy" at the film's beginning. Although this was not Mitchum's first movie, it was his first lead role; he had previously played mainly villains.
Richard Martin also played sidekick "Chito Rafferty" in thirty other western movies, most of which starred screen cowboy Tim Holt, who had joined the service during World War II when Nevada was produced. Martin played this same character set in different times, both contemporary and the Old West.
This version is a remake of the 1927 silent film Nevada starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. This is the only time that Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum played the same role in two different films.
The following year, Mitchum again played the lead in another Zane Grey movie with the same writer and director titled West of the Pecos also featuring Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty.
Plot
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Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Nevada Lacy (billed as "Bob Mitchum")
- Anne Jeffreys as Julie Dexter
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Dusty
- Nancy Gates as Hattie Ide
- Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
- Craig Reynolds as Cash Burridge
References
- "Nevada: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- "Tim Holt and the B Western".
External links
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