These Thousand Hills is a 1959 Western film starring Patricia Owens, Alfred Hayes and Richard Egan, and based on the novel of the same name by A. B. Guthrie Jr.. It was directed by Richard Fleischer.
The movie stars Don Murray as Lat Evans, a sheltered rancher brought up under the stern gaze of his Bible-thumping father. Lat heads off into the world intent upon making his fortune, and befriends Tom (Stuart Whitman) on the cattle-herding trail. Eventually his friendship with Tom is tested in the fire of his craving for wealth and respectability, and he spurns the devoted love of Callie, a dancehall girl (Lee Remick) from whom he borrows money to buy a ranch, in favor of a conservative society woman, Joyce (Patricia Owens). Ultimately, Lat is faced with a choice between his ambitions and his loyalty to his old friends.Synopsis
Lat Evans a vécu une enfance pauvre qui a forgé son caractère et engendré chez lui un arrivisme forcené. Quand il se rend dans le Montana, c'est avec la ferme intention d'y faire fortune. En effet, ses affaires prospèrent rapidement grâce à ses propres talents, mais aussi grâce à l'argent que lui prête Callie, une entraîneuse, pour qu'il achète son propre ranch. Sa réussite lui permet bientôt d'intégrer la bonne société locale et le conduit à se détourner de ceux qui ont permis son ascension, puis à les trahir.
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