Alan Ladd stars as Kansas soldier-turned-cattle driver Chad Morgan, battling the elements and corrupt cattle buyers to build a railroad spur to the Rio Grande just after the Civil War.
Called Stampede in the UK, this was one of Ladd’s production ventures, made by his own company Jaguar under a releasing deal at Warner Bros.
Ladd’s wife and agent, former actress Sue Carol, often chose these projects and cocooned her husband with quality factors.
In this case, he is reunited with Virginia Mayo and Gordon Douglas, his co-star and director respectively from The Iron Mistress (1952).
Ladd is sadly unfashionable and virtually forgotten today, but there was much more to him than Shane(1953). Watch how effortlessly he turns this ordinary western into an impressively comfortable star vehicle.
Chad Morgan
Alan Ladd Helen
Virginia Mayo Jagger
Edmond O’Brien Brog
Anthony Caruso Kate Johnson
Julie Bishop Sven Johnson
John Qualen Draper
Don Castle David Johnson
David Ladd Olaf Johnson
Jack Wrather Jr Dawson
George J Lewis
Director
Gordon Douglas
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