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Plot

Though not acknowledged by contemporary reviewers, Colorado Territory is a westernized remake of the 1941 crime drama High Sierra. Raoul Walsh, director of the earlier film, returns to helm the remake, doing a grand job on both occasions. Joel McCrea stars in the Humphrey Bogart role, playing a veteran outlaw who hopes to pull off one last, spectacular heist. Virginia Mayo portrays the Ida Lupino counterpart, a "bad" dance-hall girl who proves to be the only person who genuinely cares about McCrea's well-being. As in the earlier film, the climax finds McCrea making a futile bid for escape in the mountains, with tragic consequences. High Sierra was good for at least one more remake, the 1955 Jack Palance-Shelley Winters starrer I Died a Thousand Times.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
94min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/29/2004
Director(s):
Raoul Walsh
Starring:
Joel McCrea , Virginia Mayo , Dorothy Malone , Henry Hull , John Archer
Themes:
Vigilantes,Femmes Fatales,Perfect Crime,One Last Heist
Tone:
Moody,Gritty,Stylized,Atmospheric,Cynical,Tense
Keywords:
bank-robbery,dance-hall-girl,escape,mountains,outlaw [Western],territory,trapped