Film Snail

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Yellowstone Kelly

NR·1959·91m

Adventure

Western

Adventure

Western

Summary

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

Cast

Clint Walker

Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly

Edd Byrnes

Anse Harper

John Russell

Gall, Sioux Chief

Ray Danton

Sayapi, Gall's Nephew

Claude Akins

Sergeant

Rhodes Reason

Major Towns

Andra Martin

Wahleeah, Sayapi's Arapaho Captive

Gary Vinson

Lieutenant

Warren Oates

Corporal

Nesdon Booth

Reed - Burly Soldier (uncredited)

Buff Brady

Helmsman (uncredited)

Foster Hood

Drummer (uncredited)

Harry Shannon

Captain of the Far West (uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie

Medicine Man (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Trooper (uncredited)

Roydon Clark

Trooper (uncredited)

Danny Sands

Bartender (uncredited)

Clyde Howdy

Indian (uncredited)

Vince St. Cyr

Indian (uncredited)

Charles Soldani

Indian (uncredited)

Jim Whitecloud

Indian (uncredited)

Artie Ortego

Indian (uncredited)

Allen Jaffe

Indian (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle

Indian (uncredited)

George American Horse

Indian (uncredited)

Chris Willow Bird

Indian (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Indian (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Gordon Douglas

Book

Heck Allen

Screenplay

Burt Kennedy

Reviews

r96sk

November 28, 2020

The definition of lacklustre. Needed more action to make up for the slowness.

I'm not saying <em>'Yellowstone Kelly'</em> is anything all that bad, as it isn't. However, it simply fails to make for an entertaining Western. Clint Walker (Kelly) and Edd Byrnes (Harper) don't have the necessary chemistry, though are likeable. None of the other characters, including the inappropriately cast Native Americans, are all that developed.

It has recognisable Western themes, so fits in under those requirements I guess. It's just simply not exciting or enjoyable, it's very bland in truth. Doubt I'll remember this one.