The Hallelujah Trail Movie Review 1965

Denver mining town in the late 1800s is about to batten down the hatches for a long winter, and there's not a drop of whiskey to be had. The U.S. Cavalry sends a shipment to the miners, but temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale (Remick) and her bevy of ladies against liquor stand between the shipment and the would-be whistle whetters. Limp Western satire directed by Preston Sturges' brother, who fared much better when he kept a straight face (he also directed "The Great Escape"). Based on Bill Gulick's novel, "The Hallelujah Train."

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 166 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Western Comedy, Miners & Mining, Wagon Train

Screenplay

John Gay

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith, Martin Landau

Cinematography

Robert L. Surtees

Director

John Sturges

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Other

John Dehner

Producer

Sturges, United Artists