Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

98 mins | Crime, Western | Dec. 24, 1948

In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

Yellow Sky

98 mins | Crime, Western | Dec. 24, 1948

Yellow Sky
In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Yellow Sky
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers W.R. Burnett, Lamar Trotti

Cast

Gregory Peck

as James "Stretch" Dawson

Anne Baxter

as Mike

Richard Widmark

as Dude

Robert Arthur

as Bull Run

John Russell

as Lengthy

Harry Morgan

as Half Pint

James Barton

as Grandpa

Charles Kemper

as Walrus

Victor Kilian

as Bartender (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Hank Worden

as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)

William Gould

as Banker (uncredited)

Robert Adler

as Jed (uncredited)

Eula Guy

as Woman Bank Customer (uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie

as Colorado (uncredited)

Paul Hurst

as Drunk (uncredited)

Harry Carter

as Cavalry Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

as Indian (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

as Indian (uncredited)

Norm Taylor

as Indian (uncredited)

José Sáenz

as Indian (uncredited)