Pursued

Pursued is a 1947 movie thats a combination western, film noir and and psychological melodrama. The film, starring Robert Mitchum, was shot on location in Gallup, New Mexico, USA .

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The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe.

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Set in New Mexico around the turn of the century and told in flashback, the film tells the story of Jeb (Mitchum) whose entire family was slaughtered as a young boy. The vision haunts him into adulthood, but the rest of his childhood is forgotten. When the killers discover that Jeb was the only family member to survive, they vow to kill him too. He spends his life avoiding his unseen assailants, trying to remember his past and find the men responsible for the killings.

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1947: 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar)....

Film noir: Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world. Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era, (many films noir were adaptations of such novels)...

Robert Mitchum: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir genre, and is considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prev...

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