The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

A LOVE - BORN OF VIOLENCE and a HATE that brought him face to face with his worst enemy - the father of his sweetheart!

NR 1947 · 105 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

Directed by Roy Rowland · Written by MacKinlay Kantor

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