High Venture

IMDb link: 0043906
IMDb rating: 6.1 (265 votes)
Genres: Drama, Western
Director: Lewis R. Foster, Dennis O'Keefe
Cast: Arleen Whelan, John Payne, Frank Faylen and others

Release date: 30 Aug 1951
Release year: 1951
Runtime: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: 1860s, prison, hairy chested man, noir western, bare chested man, fistfight, mine, desert, escaped prisoner, priest

Plot:

In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek toward California across dry, desolate country.

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