Pursued

Pursued

Robert Mitchum fights for the love of three people who want to see him dead...his family.

1947 · 101 min · ★ 6.5 · Western, Drama, Romance

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · Written by Niven Busch

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