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Firecreek
Sign in to saveFirecreek is a 1968 American Western film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda, the latter in his first of two roles that year as a villain (the second being Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West). The film is similar to High Noon in that it features an entire town that refuses to help a peace officer against outlaws. Stewart plays an unlikely hero, forced into action when his conscience will not permit evil to continue. The supporting cast features Inger Stevens, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam and John Qualen.
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6.3A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Cast
- James Stewart as Johnny Cobb
- Henry Fonda as Bob Larkin
- Inger Stevens as Evelyn Pittman
- Gary Lockwood as Earl
- Dean Jagger as Whittier
- Ed Begley as Preacher Broyles
Themes
- sheriff
- sociopath
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
4,139 votes
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- Approved
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Firecreek
- Film.image
- 1968.firecreek.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.producer
- Philip LeacockJohn Mantley
- Film.director
- Vincent McEveety
- Film.writer
- Calvin Clements Sr.
- Film.starring
- James StewartHenry FondaGary LockwoodDean JaggerEd BegleyJay C. FlippenInger Stevens
- Film.music
- Alfred Newman
- Film.cinematography
- William H. Clothier
- Film.editing
- William H. Ziegler
- Film.distributor
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Film.runtime
- 104 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.gross
- $1,100,000 (US/ Canada)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 779460
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Firecreek
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Firecreek is a 1968 American Western film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda, the latter in his first of two roles that year as a villain (the second being Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West). The film is similar to High Noon in that it features an entire town that refuses to help a peace officer against outlaws. Stewart plays an unlikely hero, forced into action when his conscience will not permit evil to continue. The supporting cast features Inger Stevens, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam and John Qualen.
Offscreen close friends Stewart and Fonda's first film together had been in a section of the episodic musical comedy On Our Merry Way two decades earlier, in which they played two musicians named "Slim" and "Lank", and they would make The Cheyenne Social Club two years after Firecreek. They had also both appeared in How the West Was Won but had no scenes together despite their characters in the film being depicted as best friends.