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{{Infobox film | name = The Burning Hills | image = The Burning Hills.jpg | caption = Original film poster | director = Stuart Heisler | producer = Richard Whorf | based_on = The Burning Hills
1956 novel
by Louis L'Amour | screenplay = Irving Wallace | starring = Tab Hunter
Natalie Wood | music = David Buttolph | cinematography = Ted D. McCord | editing = Clarence Kolster | color_process = Warnercolor | studio = Warner Bros. | distributor = Warner Bros

| released =

September 1956 (1956-09)

| runtime = 92 minutes | country = United States | language = English | gross = $1.5 million (US)Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Jurado tried to buy film rights to the novel.^[1]

L'Amour's short story "The Gift of Cochise" had been successfully filmed with John Wayne in 1953 as Hondo and there was interest in The Burning Hills. Warner Bros purchased the screen rights in May 1955 and assigned it to Richard Whorf to produce.^[2] Irving Wallace wrote the script and John Wayne was announced as a possible star.^[3] In December 1955 Tab Hunter was assigned to the lead.^[4]

The book ended up selling over a million copies.^[5]

Notes

^ Schallert, E. (May 24, 1955). "'Heart of jade' boosted for todd-AO; 'burning hills' launches whorf". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166780632.
^ Schallert, E. (May 24, 1955). "'Heart of jade' boosted for todd-AO; 'burning hills' launches whorf". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166780632.
^ Schallert, E. (July 13, 1955). "'Burning hills' grows bright for wayne; 'lola montez' speeded abroad". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166799961.
^ "Drama". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1955. ProQuest 166865908.
^ GERALD, B. C. (May 28, 1975). "How an author's pen wins west". New York Times. ProQuest 120389376.

External links

The Burning Hills at IMDb
The Burning Hills at the TCM Movie Database
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[1] Schallert, E. (May 24, 1955). "'Heart of jade' boosted for todd-AO; 'burning hills' launches whorf". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166780632.

[2] Schallert, E. (May 24, 1955). "'Heart of jade' boosted for todd-AO; 'burning hills' launches whorf". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166780632.

[3] Schallert, E. (July 13, 1955). "'Burning hills' grows bright for wayne; 'lola montez' speeded abroad". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166799961.

[4] "Drama". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1955. ProQuest 166865908.

[5] GERALD, B. C. (May 28, 1975). "How an author's pen wins west". New York Times. ProQuest 120389376.

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-'''''The Burning Hills''''' is a 1956 American [[CinemaScope]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] directed by [[Stuart Heisler]] and starring [[Tab Hunter]] and [[Natalie Wood]], based on a 1956 novel by [[Louis L'Amour]].
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