Return to Warbow

1958 film by Ray Nazarro

January 1958 (1958-01)

Running time

67 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Return to Warbow is a 1958 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Philip Carey.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film is based on the novel Return to Warbow by Les Savage, Jr. (New York, 1955).

Plot

Philip Carey plays Clay Hollister, an escaped prisoner, who returns to his native town of Warbow together with two accomplices, Red and Johnny, to recover $30,000 that he stashed there 11 years before. To achieve his goal, he takes local boy David Fallam (Christopher Olsen) hostage—only to learn later that the boy is his son.^[4]

Cast

Philip Carey as Clay Hollister
Catherine McLeod as Kathleen Fallam
Andrew Duggan as Murray Fallam
William Leslie as Johnny
Robert J. Wilke as Red
James Griffith as Frank Hollister
Jay Silverheels as Indian Joe
Christopher Olsen as David Fallam
Harry Lauter as Tom - Deputy Sheriff

Production

The film was shot at the Corriganville Ranch at Simi Valley and the Iverson Movie Ranch at Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, from July 22 to August 2, 1957.^[5]

References

^ "Return To Warbow (1958)". fiftieswesterns.wordpress.com. August 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
^ Aaker, Everett (May 16, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4766-2856-1. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ Franklin, Mark (December 11, 2015). "Return to Warbow (1958)". onceuponatimeinawestern.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
^ Stephens, E. J.; Wanamaker, Marc (2011). Griffith Park: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 9780738588834.
^ "Return to Warbow". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. afi.com. Retrieved September 18, 2017.