It was as if the YELLOW SKY had sought them out... where fate had forgotten them and life had left them behind!
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
Yellow Sky (1948) is a western film directed by William A. Wellman, released on December 24, 1948 with a runtime of 1h 38m. It stars Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark and Robert Arthur. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 130 ratings.
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Gregory Peck
as James "Stretch" Dawson
Anne Baxter
as Constance Mae '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
Carlos Acosta
as Indian (uncredited)
Robert Adler
as Jed (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
as Indian (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Cavalry Lieutenant (uncredited)
Directed by William A. Wellman, written by W.R. Burnett, Lamar Trotti and William Shakespeare, produced by Lamar Trotti.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 130 ratings.
Stay away from my men, and stop swinging those damn hips all over the place. Stretch is the leader of bank robbing desperadoes, after their latest job they find the US Cavalry hot on their tail. Their only conceivable route of escape is to traipse over an enormous salt flat, low on water and bitten by the scorching sun, they happen to come across a ghost town named Yellow Sky. Here was once a prosperous town, now…
Reviewed on March 17, 2019
_**Lost men in the Old West willing to kill over lucre and lust**_ In 1867, a band of bank robbers (Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Harry Morgan, etc.) flee through the salt flats of the desert Southwest and stumble into a ghost town inhabited only by an old prospector and his comely tomboy granddaughter (James Barton & Anne Baxter). Life-or-death conflicts ensue. “Yellow Sky” (1948) is a top-of-the-line classic B&W…
Reviewed on January 2, 2022
Gregory Peck ("Stretch") leads a miscreant gang of bank robbers, who are chased by a troop of army cavalry into a deserted gold mining town that's occupied only by a young (and pretty) Anne Baxter ("Mike") and her grandfather James Barton. Desperately thirsty after their trudge across the salt flats, the men are soon suitably revivified - body and soul - and set their sights on this young lady, and on their gold.…
Reviewed on July 9, 2022
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The main cast of Yellow Sky (1948) includes Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur and John Russell. The film was directed by William A. Wellman. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Yellow Sky was released on December 24, 1948 and runs for 1h 38m.
Yellow Sky (1948) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 130 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy western films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
Yes. The official Yellow Sky trailer is embedded in the trailer section of this page and plays instantly, no download or sign-up required.
