Cheyenne (1947 film)

Cheyenne
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Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Screenplay by	Alan Le May Thames Williamson
Story by	Paul Wellman
Produced by	Robert Buckner
Starring	Dennis Morgan Jane Wyman Janis Paige Bruce Bennett
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Christian Nyby
Music by	Max Steiner
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 6, 1947 (1947-06-06)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,929,000^[1]
Box office	$2,550,000 (US rentals)^[2] or $3,303,000^[1]

Cheyenne is a 1947 American western mystery film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige and Bruce Bennett.^[3]^[4] It was produced and released by Hollywood major Warner Bros.

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Plot

Jim Wylie is a gambler in Laramie, Wyoming Territory who is wanted by the Nevada law. He gets a proposal from a Wells Fargo agent; if he can help locate a bandit known as "The Poet" who has been robbing stagecoaches, all pending charges will be dropped and Jim can even claim a cash reward.

His stage to Cheyenne has a pair of female passengers, Ann Kincaid and saloon singer Emily Carson, when their coach is ambushed by the Sundance Kid and his gang. But when he opens the strongbox, Sundance is furious to find nothing but a mocking poem from The Poet.

Jim pretends to be The Poet to infiltrate his gang. What he doesn't know is that Ann is married to the notorious outlaw. She goes along with the ruse to see where it leads. Her husband, the real Poet, is Ed Landers, a trusted Wells Fargo employee, who promises to pull one last job and then get away with Ann safely to San Francisco.

Sundance is once again foiled on a job by the Poet getting there first, and three of Sundance's men are killed. He realizes that Ann has double-crossed him. Jim confides to Landers his true identity, not realizing Landers is the man he's after. Landers promptly tells Cheyenne's sheriff that Jim is not just pretending to be the Poet, but is him.

Ann detects a whiff of perfume on Landers that she recognizes. It is Emily's, proof to Ann that her lying, thieving husband plans to take Emily away to San Francisco instead of her. On his next holdup attempt, Landers is shot dead by Jim.

All is well until Jim is told that unless he can also recover The Poet's stolen money, there will be no reward. He is dejected until Ann, leaving town on the stage, tosses him two sacks filled with money. A delighted Jim gallops off to catch up with her.

Cast

Dennis Morgan as James Wylie
Jane Wyman as Ann Kincaid
Janis Paige as Emily Carson
Bruce Bennett as Ed Landers
Alan Hale Sr. as Fred Durkin
Arthur Kennedy as The Sundance Kid
John Ridgely as Challkeye
Barton MacLane as Webb Yancey
Tom Tyler as Pecos
Bob Steele as Bucky
John Compton as Limpy Bill
John Alvin as Single Jack
Monte Blue as Timberline
Anne O'Neal as Miss Kittredge (as Ann O'Neal)
Tom Fadden as Charlie
Britt Wood as Swamper

Box office

According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $2,506,000 domestically and $797,000 foreign.^[1]

Anecdotes

The film centers around the mysterious "poet" bandit, who robs Wells Fargo stagecoaches. The inspiration for this may have come from a notorious outlaw of similar methodology, Black Bart.