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Actors: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Yellow Sky |
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Directed by William A. Wellman in 1948. Stretch (Peck), Dude (Widmark) and their five companions arrive in a small town of the West. They rob the local bank and are soon hunted by the U.S. cavalry. Stretch decides then to cross the desert and the gang, a few days later and completely exhausted, arrives at Yellow Sky, a ghost town on the edge of the desert. The only inhabitants of the village are an old gold prospector and his granddaughter Mike, a gorgeous young woman. The gang quickly infers that Grandpa must hide a small gold fortune in gold. Grandpa and Mike put up a fight and the old man receives a bullet.
Stretch agrees, in principle, to return 50% of the gold to Grandpa if he tells him where the gold is hidden. When the gold, hidden in an old abandoned mine, is found by the gang, a band of Apaches arrive in Yellow Sky. Grandpa, who's a friend of these Indians, saves the life of the members of the gang by telling the Apaches they are his employees. When Stretch wants to keep his word and to return his share of the gold to Grandpa, Dude and the others attack him and Stretch must hide in the house of Grandpa and Mike. Soon, two members of the gang, The Walrus and Lengthy join up with Stretch, while Dude is trying to leave Yellow Sky, alone but with all the gold.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Yellow Sky |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- prospecting/locating gold
- Robber POV story
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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