The Redhead and the Cowboy

The Redhead and the Cowboy
Directed by	Leslie Fenton
Written by	Jonathan Latimer Liam O'Brien
Produced by	Irving Asher
Starring	Rhonda Fleming Glenn Ford Edmond O'Brien
Cinematography	Daniel Fapp
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1951 (1951-03-15) (Los Angeles)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.25 million (US rentals)

The Redhead and the Cowboy is a 1951 western film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Glenn Ford and Rhonda Fleming.

Plot summary

Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals.

Cast

• Glenn Ford as Gil Kyle
• Edmond O'Brien as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
• Rhonda Fleming as Candace Bronson
• Alan Reed as Col. Lamartine (Confederate leader)
• Morris Ankrum as the Sheriff
• Edith Evanson as Mrs. Barrett
• Perry Ivins as Mr. Barrett (owner, Lazy Y Ranch)
• Janine Perreau as Mary Barrett
• Douglas Spencer as Perry (Union agent)
• Ray Teal Brock as (Union agent)
• Ralph Byrd as Capt. Andrews
• King Donovan as Munro (Lamartine's henchman)
• Tom Moore Gus as (bartender, Golden Trail Saloon
• Jeff York as Lt. Wylie (uncredited)
• Emory Parnell as Northern Sympathizer Barfly

References

• The Blue and the Gray on the silver screen: more than eighty years of Civil ... by Roy Kinnard
• The Redhead and the Cowboy at IMDb