Cast a Long Shadow is a 1959 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Audie Murphy and Terry Moore. The film was based on the 1957 novel by Wayne D. Overholser.
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Plot
Matt Brown is tracked down by Chip Donahue and told that he has inherited the cattle ranch where he grew up from its owner, a man who was suspected to be his father but who never claimed him as his son. He agrees to sell the ranch to the townspeople who work the ranch, who want the chance to work for themselves. When he returns to town, he visits the house and, after meeting an old girlfriend, decides not to sell, angering the people. However, he discovers that the ranch is deep in debt and about to be foreclosed on. To avoid this, he and the ranchhands have to drive the ranch's cattle to Santa Fe in three days to sell them for the money to pay off the debt. Some of the men from the town, unhappy at being fired by Matt, follow the cattle drive and conspire to kill him. Along the way, Matt discovers the truth about his past.
Cast
Audie Murphy as Matt Brown
Terry Moore as Janet Calvert
John Dehner as Chip Donahue
James Best as Sam Muller
Rita Lynn as Hortensia
Denver Pyle as Harrison
Ann Doran as Ma Calvert
Stacy Harris as Brown (as Stacy S. Harris)
Robert Foulk as Hugh Rigdon
Wright King as Noah Pringle
Rudy Sooter as Musician
Production
It was one of the first films the Mirisch Brothers made after they left Allied Artists.