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Yellowstone Kelly 1959

“Clint's back!...and 'Kookie' is with him!”

★ 6.2/10 NR AdventureWestern Released
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What is Yellowstone Kelly?

Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 American Western film based on a novel by Heck Allen, written by Burt Kennedy and starring Clint Walker as Luther Sage Kelly. The plot follows a fur-trapper who is permitted to trap in Sioux territory due to having saved a Sioux chief's life, eventually taking on an assistant and sheltering a runaway Arapaho woman.

Type
Film
Year
1959
Status
Released
Runtime
91 minutes
Release date
Nov 11, 1959
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
Genres
Adventure, Western
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80 /100 Solid Watch
⚡ Pacing & Momentum7.5/10
🧠 Narrative Depth7.4/10
🔄 Rewatch Potential8.9/10
🎬 Production Scale8.2/10
🎯 Feature Film #Adventure #Western

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Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 American Western film based on a novel by Heck Allen, written by Burt Kennedy and starring Clint Walker as Luther Sage Kelly. The plot follows a fur-trapper who is permitted to trap in Sioux territory due to having saved a Sioux chief's life, eventually taking on an assistant and sheltering a runaway Arapaho woman.

The film's tone centers on the developing tensions between the characters as the assistant falls in love with the woman and the Sioux chief arrives to reclaim her. It is categorized as an adventure and Western with a total runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes.

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Should you watch it?

“A fur-trapper and his assistant shelter a runaway woman in Sioux territory during the late 1870s.”

Reasons to watch
  • Features the dynamic between a seasoned trapper and a tenderfoot assistant
  • Explores the relationship between a fur-trapper and a Sioux chief
  • Based on a novel by Heck Allen
Keep in mind
  • May be skipped by those not interested in late 19th-century Western adventure

Watch it if you enjoy stories about frontier survival and interpersonal tensions in the American West.

The film is an adventure Western with a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes.

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Is Yellowstone Kelly worth watching?

It may appeal to viewers who enjoy 1950s Westerns based on novels about the American frontier.

What is the duration of the movie?

The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes.

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