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Pursued
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0017153135992
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Republic Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
MPN: 13599
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 21, 2003
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 02, 1947
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Editorial Review:
Hollywood's first "psychological Western" and one of Robert Mitchum's best early films, Pursued boasts a dark scenario--by Niven (Duel in the Sun) Busch--about a man psychically scarred by a tragedy his mind refuses to recall. Modern-day audiences will have no trouble decoding the mystery, but that doesn't undercut the movie's dramatic power, or the rugged beauty of what's been put on screen by two master filmmakers, director Raoul Walsh and cameraman James Wong Howe. With seasoned professionalism, they accommodate all the newfangled Freudianism and smoothly integrate the bedrock Western with the inky film noir. The rest of the cast includes Teresa Wright (then Mrs. Busch) as Mitchum's adoptive sister, who may become his lover and/or his killer; Dean Jagger, smilingly sinister as a weasely in-law; and that grande dame of the Gothic, Judith Anderson, as a frontier matriarch. --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Dark Westerns
Here is Robert Mitchum right before he made his break thorugh film 'Out of the past' Co starring Kirk Douaglas. Mitchum is known to be an underated American actor who was mostly typecast in Film Noirs, normally as the fall guy who couldnt give a damn. His presence and charisma presents a certain dark electrcity, yet during his film career he was able to prove he was more then just an actor in Noir.
Pursued is a dark western filmed by Raoul Walsh who had also directed High Sierra with ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent thriller...
I wanted to watch this movie for one reason--Teresa Wright. I think she's one of the more pleasant actresses from the 40's, and when I saw she was in a thriller I was, well, thrilled!
I guess this would be classified as a western but only because it takes place in the west. It lacks all of the other markers of a traditional western. While I do like westerns, a break from the norm is very refreshing to me.
The premise is that Robert Mitchum is being "pursued" by a man out to ... Read More
Rating:  - Pursued
A unique hybrid of film noir and western, Walsh's masterful "Pursued" boasts one of the darkest scenarios in Hollywood history (thanks to scriptwriter Niven Busch), as it portrays a man victimized by forces he doesn't understand. Walsh, normally a director of action features, handles the ominous mood and Freudian psychological elements with unerring calculation, wrenching a dynamic, tour-de-force performance from Mitchum. With James Wong Howe's lustrous black-and-white cinematography, and high-caliber ... Read More
Rating: - THE FORGOTTEN PAST.
What a amazing picture this is. I was up on the edge of my seat,not for climax but all the time.it starts with a beautiful music given by one of the famous musician "MAX STEINER" and the photography in black and white is haunting in itself.The Director raoul Walsh who himself is so famous directed this movie making it a thriller with closeups of handsom Robert Mitchum as Jeb Rand a man of few words was adopted into the family of The beautiful Teresa Wright who also was his step sister and her brother ... Read More
Rating: - Wild West...say hello to film noir!
As other reviewers have already mentioned , this underated classic is a brilliant combination of film noir & the Wild West. The photography is simply amazing. The flashbacks, dreamlike sequences, & one particularly memorable scene in which Mitchum's stepbrother is seen in the background slowly stalking Mitchum while planning to shoot him are what make this an incredible western. Robert Mitchum plays Jeb Rand, the lone Rand family survivor after a bloody feud. Rescued & raised by Ma Callum (Judith ... Read More
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