The Naked Hills

Synopsis

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.

Main Cast

David Wayne

Tracy Powell

Age : 81 | Popularity : 56%

Keenan Wynn

Sam Wilkins

Age : N/A | Popularity : 77%

James Barton

Jimmo McCann

Age : N/A | Popularity : 23%

Marcia Henderson

Julie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Jim Backus

Willis Haver

Age : N/A | Popularity : 85%

Denver Pyle

Bert Killian / Narrator

Age : 77 | Popularity : 100%

Myrna Dell

Aggie

Age : 86 | Popularity : 24%

Lewis L. Russell

Baxter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Josef Shaftel
Writing	Screenplay	Josef Shaftel
	Story	Helen S. Bilkie
Editing	Editor	Gene Fowler Jr.
Sound	Original Music Composer	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Directing	Director	Josef Shaftel
Camera	Director of Photography	Frederick Gately
Art	Art Direction	Rudi Feld
Department	Role	Name

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