31:
304:
youngest brother and his fiancée, Ma
Bridges is hatefully suspicious of Gwen, who ignores the family’s histrionics calmly for Harold’s sake. In the end, Arthur and Curt both die in pursuit of the panther, which is ultimately killed by Harold. The surviving characters seem hopeful that their ordeal may create the basis for a happier future.
299:
sister Grace is temporarily gladdened by the arrival of Harold’s fiancée, the spirited Gwen. The family's hired Indian hand, Joe Sam, alerts the family to a panther prowling the hills; many years before, his family was wiped out by a panther. Joe Sam’s superstitious dread of the cat irritates Curt.
447:
work and the primitive savageness of Indian folklore. Cinematographer
William H. Clothier bleached out the primary colors and that gave the images the look of a black and white film. The haunting luminous look created was very effective in charging the film with the sub-textual sexual energy that
454:
wrote that it was "one of the strangest films ever to have come out of
Hollywood...Wellman designed most of the film in black and white but shot it in color as well as CinemaScope (William H. Clothier’s cinematography is stunning), yielding a drama of the 1880s that alternates between stylized,
413:
outdoors, while the family booze and blather in the ranch-house, has the nature of an entirely different show ... This, in the last analysis, is the trouble with the film: it has no psychological pattern, no dramatic point. There's a lot of pretty snow scenery in it and a lot of talk about deep
303:
As the family tensely await their return, Harold who avoids conflict with his parents, is gently encouraged by Gwen to assert his claim to an equal share of the ranch. Harold refuses, out of respect for Curt, who has successfully run the spread for years now. Although Grace tries to support her
382:
had always intended to film a black-and-white movie in color. His idea was that if a film were to be shot in mostly monochromatic shades, with stark blacks and whites and otherwise mostly very subdued colors that were almost shades of grey, he could use bright colors very sparingly for intense
436:
More recently, film critic Dennis
Schwartz wrote positively about the film in 2005: "A brilliantly realized ambitious dark, brooding Western set in the 1880s in northern California on an isolated snowbound ranch. It is based on the book by Walter van Tilburg Clark, one of whose other books,
294:
during the early 1900s. Crude, quarrelsome Curt
Bridges bullies his modest, unassuming older brother Arthur, while youngest brother Harold endures Curt's abuse in silence. Their mother is a bigoted religious zealot; their father is a loquacious, self-pitying drunk. Bitter
409:-ized Western drama" and provided a mixed review: "... Mr. Wellman's big-screen picture seems a heavy and clumsy travesty of a deep matriarchal melodrama or a Western with Greek overtones. And the business of the brother hunting the panther in the great big
387:'s cinematography was designed to highlight black and white and downplay colors. Only key elements such as the blue matches, the fire and Mitchum's red coat stand out.
1695:
1650:
1655:
709:
671:
1675:
1645:
1615:
588:
443:, had also been filmed by William Wellman. The scorching literate script is by A.I. Bezzerides. It has the haunting feel of a
1680:
1660:
1382:
1610:
1665:
1620:
1123:
1670:
702:
1259:
1043:
375:
and
Mitchum regarded shooting in the deep snow and cold as the worst filming conditions he had ever experienced.
1299:
1075:
891:
875:
1690:
1630:
1291:
1059:
1640:
1067:
851:
1685:
1347:
1083:
827:
739:
695:
439:
1625:
1243:
1091:
971:
859:
647:
512:
Crowther, Bosley (December 2, 1954). "The Screen in Review: 'Track of the Cat' Is Seen at
Paramount".
1635:
1155:
1470:
1446:
1375:
1331:
1179:
531:
419:
257:
70:
1427:
1219:
1147:
915:
1577:
1402:
1115:
1003:
987:
867:
1486:
1419:
1267:
1195:
1099:
1051:
1019:
633:
1131:
899:
811:
803:
763:
548:
425:
8:
1605:
1368:
1315:
1235:
1171:
883:
787:
460:
417:
Other contemporary reviews were also mixed despite their acclaim for the film's scenery.
384:
291:
262:
112:
1567:
1551:
1339:
1275:
1187:
1027:
963:
947:
771:
755:
719:
687:
580:
514:
456:
451:
397:
379:
372:
279:
241:
155:
44:
30:
1163:
1139:
835:
819:
779:
611:
584:
406:
448:
lingers from the hot melodramatics and also giving it an alluring aura of mystery."
1478:
955:
923:
907:
731:
563:
54:
1251:
1203:
939:
843:
659:
444:
402:
237:
679:
1534:
1504:
1107:
747:
665:
349:
313:
275:
245:
94:
80:
638:
1599:
1522:
1516:
1510:
1035:
1011:
627:
368:
319:
249:
98:
433:
as "another psychological puzzler, but easily one of the best of the year."
290:
The squabbling
Bridges family spend a harsh winter on their remote ranch in
1454:
1283:
995:
979:
931:
355:
343:
337:
166:
1583:
1528:
1323:
616:
546:
Powers, Dorothy R. (December 10, 1954). "'Track of Cat' Is One of Best".
410:
140:
605:
414:
emotional things. But it gets lost in following some sort of pretense."
1572:
1391:
1227:
1211:
463:, and it’s certainly the closest that American cinema has ever come to
331:
325:
271:
260:. This was Wellman's second adaptation of a Clark novel; the first was
253:
102:
84:
795:
622:
296:
130:
256:. The film is based on a 1949 adventure novel of the same name by
1360:
465:
573:
570:, film review, December 24, 2005. Accessed: June 30, 2013.
717:
1597:
300:He and Arthur set out to track the panther.
1376:
703:
455:claustrophobic sets and spacious locations...
1383:
1369:
710:
696:
29:
684:film review by Paul Schultz at The-Trades
676:film review by Erik Rupp at Vista Records
579:
529:"'Cat' Picture Appreciated For Scenery".
511:
1696:English-language Western (genre) films
1598:
591:from the original on January 28, 2022.
545:
1651:Films based on Western (genre) novels
1364:
691:
502:, St. Martin's Press, 2001, page 259.
1656:Films directed by William A. Wellman
500:Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care"
485:'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955',
423:called it "gloomy" but a review in
13:
367:The outdoor scenes were filmed on
14:
1707:
599:
1676:Films shot in Washington (state)
535:. December 11, 1954. p. 11.
459:has compared it to the work of
1646:Films based on American novels
1616:American Western (genre) films
1390:
653:
556:
539:
522:
505:
492:
479:
1:
472:
362:
278:for their production company
1681:1950s English-language films
1661:Films produced by John Wayne
390:
7:
1244:The Next Voice You Hear...
828:The Legion of the Condemned
405:called the film "a sort of
181:November 19, 1954
10:
1712:
1611:1954 Western (genre) films
1560:
1544:
1497:
1438:
1411:
1398:
726:
568:Ozus' World Movie Reviews
221:
213:
205:
195:
172:
162:
156:Wayne/Fellows Productions
146:
136:
126:
118:
108:
90:
76:
60:
50:
40:
35:Theatrical release poster
28:
23:
1666:Films scored by Roy Webb
1621:Batjac Productions films
1447:Bullfighter and the Lady
1431:(1968, with Ray Kellogg)
1260:Across the Wide Missouri
532:The Richmond News Leader
420:The Richmond News Leader
258:Walter Van Tilburg Clark
71:Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1671:Films set in California
1300:The High and the Mighty
1076:Robin Hood of El Dorado
307:
285:
1578:John Wayne Tennis Club
1060:The President Vanishes
1196:The Story of G.I. Joe
1124:The Light That Failed
1020:Wild Boys of the Road
1691:1950s American films
1631:Films about brothers
1348:Lafayette Escadrille
1148:The Great Man's Lady
1132:Reaching for the Sun
804:You Never Know Women
764:Not a Drum Was Heard
583:(October 26, 1985).
549:The Spokesman-Review
426:The Spokesman-Review
66:The Track of the Cat
1641:Films about hunters
1172:The Ox-Bow Incident
1044:Looking for Trouble
788:When Husbands Flirt
581:Rosenbaum, Jonathan
562:Schwartz, Dennis, "
440:The Ox-Bow Incident
292:Northern California
263:The Ox-Bow Incident
236:is a 1954 American
113:William H. Clothier
1686:Warner Bros. films
1568:Batjac Productions
1552:John Wayne Airport
1276:Westward the Women
1268:It's a Big Country
964:The Purchase Price
876:Dangerous Paradise
772:The Vagabond Trail
720:William A. Wellman
718:Films directed by
634:TCM Movie Database
515:The New York Times
489:, January 25, 1956
457:Bertrand Tavernier
452:Jonathan Rosenbaum
398:The New York Times
380:William A. Wellman
352:as Arthur Bridges
280:Batjac Productions
242:William A. Wellman
45:William A. Wellman
1626:CinemaScope films
1593:
1592:
1573:John Wayne Island
1471:Good-bye, My Lady
1358:
1357:
1332:Good-bye, My Lady
1292:Island in the Sky
1164:Lady of Burlesque
900:Other Men's Women
836:Ladies of the Mob
812:The Cat's Pajamas
780:The Circus Cowboy
383:dramatic effect.
334:as Harold Bridges
240:film directed by
229:
228:
1703:
1636:Films about cats
1561:Related articles
1479:Gun the Man Down
1463:Track of the Cat
1428:The Green Berets
1385:
1378:
1371:
1362:
1361:
1308:Track of the Cat
1220:The Iron Curtain
1068:Call of the Wild
956:Love Is a Racket
924:The Star Witness
908:The Public Enemy
852:Chinatown Nights
732:Second Hand Love
712:
705:
698:
689:
688:
681:Track of the Cat
673:Track of the Cat
661:Track of the Cat
644:
641:Track of the Cat
629:Track of the Cat
618:Track of the Cat
607:Track of the Cat
593:
592:
585:"The Naked Spur"
577:
571:
564:Track of the Cat
560:
554:
553:
543:
537:
536:
526:
520:
519:
509:
503:
496:
490:
483:
431:Track of the Cat
385:William Clothier
328:as Gwen Williams
322:as Grace Bridges
270:was produced by
268:Track of the Cat
233:Track of the Cat
188:
186:
55:A. I. Bezzerides
33:
24:Track of the Cat
21:
20:
1711:
1710:
1706:
1705:
1704:
1702:
1701:
1700:
1596:
1595:
1594:
1589:
1556:
1540:
1537:(granddaughter)
1493:
1434:
1407:
1394:
1389:
1359:
1354:
1340:Darby's Rangers
1252:The Happy Years
1204:Gallant Journey
1188:This Man's Navy
1084:Small Town Girl
1004:Heroes for Sale
988:Central Airport
940:The Hatchet Man
892:Maybe It's Love
844:Beggars of Life
756:Cupid's Fireman
740:The Man Who Won
722:
716:
664:film review by
656:
639:
602:
597:
596:
578:
574:
561:
557:
544:
540:
528:
527:
523:
510:
506:
497:
493:
484:
480:
475:
403:Bosley Crowther
393:
365:
316:as Curt Bridges
310:
288:
198:
191:
184:
182:
175:
158:
151:
149:
101:
97:
83:
68:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1709:
1699:
1698:
1693:
1688:
1683:
1678:
1673:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1648:
1643:
1638:
1633:
1628:
1623:
1618:
1613:
1608:
1591:
1590:
1588:
1587:
1584:The Wild Goose
1580:
1575:
1570:
1564:
1562:
1558:
1557:
1555:
1554:
1548:
1546:
1542:
1541:
1539:
1538:
1535:Jennifer Wayne
1532:
1526:
1520:
1514:
1508:
1505:Esperanza Baur
1501:
1499:
1495:
1494:
1492:
1491:
1483:
1475:
1467:
1459:
1451:
1442:
1440:
1436:
1435:
1433:
1432:
1424:
1415:
1413:
1409:
1408:
1406:
1405:
1399:
1396:
1395:
1388:
1387:
1380:
1373:
1365:
1356:
1355:
1353:
1352:
1344:
1336:
1328:
1320:
1312:
1304:
1296:
1288:
1280:
1272:
1264:
1256:
1248:
1240:
1232:
1224:
1216:
1208:
1200:
1192:
1184:
1176:
1168:
1160:
1152:
1144:
1136:
1128:
1120:
1112:
1108:Men with Wings
1104:
1100:Nothing Sacred
1096:
1092:A Star Is Born
1088:
1080:
1072:
1064:
1056:
1048:
1040:
1032:
1024:
1016:
1008:
1000:
992:
984:
976:
972:The Conquerors
968:
960:
952:
944:
936:
928:
920:
912:
904:
896:
888:
880:
872:
864:
860:The Man I Love
856:
848:
840:
832:
824:
816:
808:
800:
792:
784:
776:
768:
760:
752:
744:
736:
727:
724:
723:
715:
714:
707:
700:
692:
686:
685:
677:
669:
666:Glenn Erickson
655:
652:
651:
650:
636:
625:
614:
601:
600:External links
598:
595:
594:
572:
555:
538:
521:
504:
491:
487:Variety Weekly
477:
476:
474:
471:
407:Eugene O'Neill
392:
389:
364:
361:
360:
359:
353:
350:William Hopper
347:
341:
335:
329:
323:
317:
314:Robert Mitchum
309:
306:
287:
284:
276:Robert Fellows
246:Robert Mitchum
227:
226:
223:
219:
218:
215:
211:
210:
207:
203:
202:
199:
196:
193:
192:
190:
189:
178:
176:
173:
170:
169:
164:
163:Distributed by
160:
159:
154:
152:
147:
144:
143:
138:
134:
133:
128:
124:
123:
122:Fred MacDowell
120:
116:
115:
110:
109:Cinematography
106:
105:
95:Robert Mitchum
92:
88:
87:
81:Robert Fellows
78:
74:
73:
62:
58:
57:
52:
48:
47:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1708:
1697:
1694:
1692:
1689:
1687:
1684:
1682:
1679:
1677:
1674:
1672:
1669:
1667:
1664:
1662:
1659:
1657:
1654:
1652:
1649:
1647:
1644:
1642:
1639:
1637:
1634:
1632:
1629:
1627:
1624:
1622:
1619:
1617:
1614:
1612:
1609:
1607:
1604:
1603:
1601:
1586:
1585:
1581:
1579:
1576:
1574:
1571:
1569:
1566:
1565:
1563:
1559:
1553:
1550:
1549:
1547:
1543:
1536:
1533:
1530:
1527:
1524:
1523:Pilar Pallete
1521:
1518:
1517:Patrick Wayne
1515:
1512:
1511:Michael Wayne
1509:
1506:
1503:
1502:
1500:
1496:
1489:
1488:
1484:
1481:
1480:
1476:
1473:
1472:
1468:
1465:
1464:
1460:
1457:
1456:
1452:
1449:
1448:
1444:
1443:
1441:
1437:
1430:
1429:
1425:
1422:
1421:
1417:
1416:
1414:
1410:
1404:
1401:
1400:
1397:
1393:
1386:
1381:
1379:
1374:
1372:
1367:
1366:
1363:
1350:
1349:
1345:
1342:
1341:
1337:
1334:
1333:
1329:
1326:
1325:
1321:
1318:
1317:
1313:
1310:
1309:
1305:
1302:
1301:
1297:
1294:
1293:
1289:
1286:
1285:
1281:
1278:
1277:
1273:
1270:
1269:
1265:
1262:
1261:
1257:
1254:
1253:
1249:
1246:
1245:
1241:
1238:
1237:
1233:
1230:
1229:
1225:
1222:
1221:
1217:
1214:
1213:
1209:
1206:
1205:
1201:
1198:
1197:
1193:
1190:
1189:
1185:
1182:
1181:
1177:
1174:
1173:
1169:
1166:
1165:
1161:
1158:
1157:
1156:Thunder Birds
1153:
1150:
1149:
1145:
1142:
1141:
1137:
1134:
1133:
1129:
1126:
1125:
1121:
1118:
1117:
1113:
1110:
1109:
1105:
1102:
1101:
1097:
1094:
1093:
1089:
1086:
1085:
1081:
1078:
1077:
1073:
1070:
1069:
1065:
1062:
1061:
1057:
1054:
1053:
1049:
1046:
1045:
1041:
1038:
1037:
1036:College Coach
1033:
1030:
1029:
1025:
1022:
1021:
1017:
1014:
1013:
1012:Midnight Mary
1009:
1006:
1005:
1001:
998:
997:
993:
990:
989:
985:
982:
981:
977:
974:
973:
969:
966:
965:
961:
958:
957:
953:
950:
949:
945:
942:
941:
937:
934:
933:
929:
926:
925:
921:
918:
917:
913:
910:
909:
905:
902:
901:
897:
894:
893:
889:
886:
885:
881:
878:
877:
873:
870:
869:
865:
862:
861:
857:
854:
853:
849:
846:
845:
841:
838:
837:
833:
830:
829:
825:
822:
821:
817:
814:
813:
809:
806:
805:
801:
798:
797:
793:
790:
789:
785:
782:
781:
777:
774:
773:
769:
766:
765:
761:
758:
757:
753:
750:
749:
745:
742:
741:
737:
734:
733:
729:
728:
725:
721:
713:
708:
706:
701:
699:
694:
693:
690:
683:
682:
678:
675:
674:
670:
668:at DVD Savant
667:
663:
662:
658:
657:
649:
645:
642:
637:
635:
631:
630:
626:
624:
620:
619:
615:
613:
609:
608:
604:
603:
590:
586:
582:
576:
569:
565:
559:
551:
550:
542:
534:
533:
525:
518:. p. 38.
517:
516:
508:
501:
495:
488:
482:
478:
470:
468:
467:
462:
458:
453:
449:
446:
442:
441:
434:
432:
428:
427:
422:
421:
415:
412:
408:
404:
400:
399:
388:
386:
381:
376:
374:
370:
369:Mount Rainier
357:
354:
351:
348:
346:as Pa Bridges
345:
342:
340:as Ma Bridges
339:
336:
333:
330:
327:
324:
321:
320:Teresa Wright
318:
315:
312:
311:
305:
301:
298:
293:
283:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
264:
259:
255:
251:
250:Teresa Wright
247:
244:and starring
243:
239:
235:
234:
224:
220:
216:
212:
209:United States
208:
204:
200:
194:
180:
179:
177:
171:
168:
165:
161:
157:
153:
145:
142:
139:
137:Color process
135:
132:
129:
125:
121:
117:
114:
111:
107:
104:
100:
99:Teresa Wright
96:
93:
89:
86:
82:
79:
75:
72:
67:
63:
59:
56:
53:
51:Screenplay by
49:
46:
43:
39:
32:
27:
22:
19:
1582:
1485:
1477:
1469:
1462:
1461:
1453:
1445:
1426:
1418:
1346:
1338:
1330:
1322:
1316:Ring of Fear
1314:
1307:
1306:
1298:
1290:
1284:My Man and I
1282:
1274:
1266:
1258:
1250:
1242:
1236:Battleground
1234:
1226:
1218:
1210:
1202:
1194:
1186:
1180:Buffalo Bill
1178:
1170:
1162:
1154:
1146:
1138:
1130:
1122:
1114:
1106:
1098:
1090:
1082:
1074:
1066:
1058:
1050:
1042:
1034:
1026:
1018:
1010:
1002:
996:Lilly Turner
994:
986:
980:Frisco Jenny
978:
970:
962:
954:
946:
938:
932:Safe in Hell
930:
922:
914:
906:
898:
890:
884:Young Eagles
882:
874:
866:
858:
850:
842:
834:
826:
818:
810:
802:
794:
786:
778:
770:
762:
754:
746:
738:
730:
680:
672:
660:
643:film trailer
640:
628:
617:
606:
575:
567:
558:
552:. p. 5.
547:
541:
530:
524:
513:
507:
499:
498:Lee Server,
494:
486:
481:
464:
450:
438:
435:
430:
429:categorized
424:
418:
416:
396:
394:
377:
366:
356:Carl Switzer
344:Philip Tonge
338:Beulah Bondi
302:
289:
267:
261:
232:
231:
230:
197:Running time
174:Release date
167:Warner Bros.
65:
18:
1529:Ethan Wayne
1439:As producer
1412:As director
1403:Filmography
1324:Blood Alley
916:Night Nurse
654:DVD Reviews
411:CinemaScope
395:Writing in
225:$ 2 million
201:102 minutes
141:Warnercolor
77:Produced by
41:Directed by
1606:1954 films
1600:Categories
1392:John Wayne
1228:Yellow Sky
1212:Magic Town
1140:Roxie Hart
1116:Beau Geste
868:Woman Trap
473:References
373:Washington
363:Production
358:as Joe Sam
332:Tab Hunter
326:Diana Lynn
272:John Wayne
254:Diana Lynn
222:Box office
185:1954-11-19
148:Production
103:Diana Lynn
85:John Wayne
64:the novel
1545:Memorials
1525:(ex-wife)
1507:(ex-wife)
1487:The Alamo
1420:The Alamo
1052:Stingaree
401:, critic
391:Reception
378:Director
266:in 1943.
119:Edited by
16:1954 film
796:The Boob
623:AllMovie
589:Archived
297:old-maid
214:Language
131:Roy Webb
127:Music by
91:Starring
61:Based on
748:Big Dan
648:YouTube
632:at the
238:Western
217:English
206:Country
183: (
150:company
1498:Family
1490:(1960)
1482:(1956)
1474:(1956)
1466:(1954)
1458:(1953)
1450:(1951)
1423:(1960)
1351:(1958)
1343:(1958)
1335:(1956)
1327:(1955)
1319:(1954)
1311:(1954)
1303:(1954)
1295:(1953)
1287:(1952)
1279:(1951)
1271:(1951)
1263:(1951)
1255:(1950)
1247:(1950)
1239:(1949)
1231:(1948)
1223:(1948)
1215:(1947)
1207:(1946)
1199:(1945)
1191:(1945)
1183:(1944)
1175:(1943)
1167:(1943)
1159:(1942)
1151:(1942)
1143:(1942)
1135:(1941)
1127:(1939)
1119:(1939)
1111:(1938)
1103:(1937)
1095:(1937)
1087:(1936)
1079:(1936)
1071:(1935)
1063:(1934)
1055:(1934)
1047:(1934)
1039:(1933)
1031:(1933)
1028:Female
1023:(1933)
1015:(1933)
1007:(1933)
999:(1933)
991:(1933)
983:(1932)
975:(1932)
967:(1932)
959:(1932)
951:(1932)
948:So Big
943:(1932)
935:(1931)
927:(1931)
919:(1931)
911:(1931)
903:(1931)
895:(1930)
887:(1930)
879:(1930)
871:(1929)
863:(1929)
855:(1929)
847:(1928)
839:(1928)
831:(1928)
823:(1927)
815:(1926)
807:(1926)
799:(1926)
791:(1925)
783:(1924)
775:(1924)
767:(1924)
759:(1923)
751:(1923)
743:(1923)
735:(1923)
461:Dreyer
1531:(son)
1519:(son)
1513:(son)
1455:Hondo
820:Wings
466:Ordet
612:IMDb
308:Cast
286:Plot
274:and
252:and
646:on
621:at
610:at
566:",
469:."
445:Poe
371:in
69:by
1602::
587:.
282:.
248:,
1384:e
1377:t
1370:v
711:e
704:t
697:v
187:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_movie_poster.jpg)