A 1950 American Western directed By Anthony Mann that follows an heiress (Barbara Stanwyck) having her relationship with her father (Walter Huston) taking a turn for the worse when he starts a relationship with a new woman (Judith Anderson).
The movie also stars Wendell Corey, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Pepe Hern, Albert Dekker, John Bromfield, and Wallace Ford.
It was released on July 21, 1950.
Tropes for the film:
- Eye Scream: Vance Jeffords is so enraged that her father is engaged to marry the aging, strong willed Gold Digger Florence Burnett that she throws a pair of scissors at Flo's face. They hit an eye and the vein underneath.
- The Film of the Book: Based on Niven Busch's novel of the same name.
- I Have No Son!: T.C. disowns Vance and tells Mrs Anaheim he has no daughter any more, although at the end of the conversation he does ask how she’s doing.
- Money to Burn: Inverted when the once-wealthy rancher T.C. Jeffords burns up a crate of the "T.C. notes" that he uses instead of money because they're no worthless.
- Please Spare Him, My Liege!: Lampshaded where proud Juan Herrera chooses death by hanging rather than see his friend Vance, daughter of cattle baron T.C., humiliate herself.Vance: Do you want me to beg? Do you want me on my knees to you for his life?
T.C.: I'd hang him anyway.
Vance: That's what he said.
T.C.: He did, eh? He always was smart.
Vance: And you're not! You're old and foolish and you've made a mistake - it's me you have hung! Because now I hate you in a way I didn't know a human could hate! Take a good long look at me, T.C. You won't see me again until the day I take your world away from you! - Worthless Currency: The egotistical rancher T.C. Jeffords pays for his debts using "T.C" notes instead of dollars. His daughter Vance undermines his wealth by buying up the notes, and once they're worthless hands over a crate of them as a 'loan'.
