Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly

Clint's back!...and 'Kookie' is with him!

NR 1959 · 91 min · ★ 6.2 · Adventure, Western

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

Directed by Gordon Douglas · Written by Burt Kennedy

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Clint Walker Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly
Edd Byrnes Anse Harper
John Russell Gall, Sioux Chief
Ray Danton Sayapi, Gall's Nephew
Claude Akins Sergeant
Rhodes Reason Major Towns
Andra Martin Wahleeah, Sayapi's Arapaho Captive
Gary Vinson Lieutenant
Warren Oates Corporal
Nesdon Booth Reed - Burly Soldier (uncredited)
Buff Brady Helmsman (uncredited)
Foster Hood Drummer (uncredited)

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