Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie

80 mins | Romance, Western | Dec. 5, 1944

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.

Gentle Annie

80 mins | Romance, Western | Dec. 5, 1944

Gentle Annie
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Gentle Annie
Directors Andrew Marton
Writers Gene Fowler, Lawrence Hazard, MacKinlay Kantor

Cast

James Craig

as Lloyd Richland aka Rich Williams

Donna Reed

as Mary Lingen

Marjorie Main

as Annie Goss

Harry Morgan

as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan)

Paul Langton

as Violet Goss

Barton MacLane

as Sheriff Tatum

John Philliber

as Barrow

Morris Ankrum

as Deputy Gansby

Noah Beery

as Hansen (Noah Berry Sr.)

Frank Darien

as Jake

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)