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In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US caval... read more read more...ry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily await the precious booze, Gearhardt must fend off not only Cora and her minions, but a bibulous tribe of Sioux warriors, headed by Chief Walks-Stooped-Over (Martin Landau)-not to mention an outsized sandstorm. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: John Sturges

Release Date: June 23, 1965

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • July 19, 2010
    Satirical and funny! I'd become so accustomed to Burt Lancaster in serious dramatic roles that his brilliantly subtle humor took me by surprise.

    *NOTE: Watch for a very thin Donald Pleasence as the prognosticating 'Oracle'.
  • July 9, 2008
    This is silly. The acting is terrible. But, it is funny! The dust storm and the trading parts are funny enough to make up for the bad acting.
  • July 23, 2007
    This movie took me a couple times to really get into. I watched it about a year ago and hated it. After a few times I was able to pick up on the surprisingly subtle humor, that I must have been too stupid a kid to pick up on. The film is brilliant and quite funny. Like most weste... read morerns it makes a great use of the beautiful desert settings. Great performances by all the actors, especially Lancaster, Jim Hutton and Lee Remick.
  • December 17, 2006
    Just about one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Just laugh yourself silly, down right good comedy.

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Dennis Schwartz
June 10, 2006
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Hung out to dry with nowhere to go but in quicksand. Full Review

July 7, 2008
Variety

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Bosley Crowther
May 9, 2005
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
July 6, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Carol Cling
January 23, 2004
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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