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Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

It was as if the YELLOW SKY had sought them out... where fate had forgotten them and life had left them behind!

19486.91h 38m

Overview

In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.

Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by W.R. Burnett, Lamar Trotti, William Shakespeare
Produced by Lamar Trotti
Box Office0Revenue: $2.8M

Top Cast

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

James "Stretch" Dawson

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Constance Mae 'Mike'

Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Dude

Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

Bull Run

John Russell

John Russell

Lengthy

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Half Pint

James Barton

James Barton

Grandpa

Charles Kemper

Charles Kemper

Walrus

C

Carlos Acosta

Indian (uncredited)

Robert Adler

Robert Adler

Jed (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

bank robberdesertghost town19th century1860s

About Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky is a western film released in 1948 exploring themes of bank robber, desert, ghost town, 19th century, 1860s. Directed by William A. Wellman, it stars Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark. In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.

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