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The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the ...
Alan Ladd stars as a former Confederate soldier who struggles with his mute son and the hostility of Northerners in post-Civil War Illinois. Olivia de Havilland and Dean Jagger co-star in this Michael Curtiz-directed film.
- (2.3K)
- Drama, Western
- Michael Curtiz
- 1958-07-01
Aug 4, 2021 · A confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hatred of the Northern town. Can a proud Rebel find peace and love in Yankee territory...
- 104 min
- 131.1K
- Absolute Westerns
A Confederate veteran and his mute son face prejudice and danger in post-Civil War Illinois. The Proud Rebel is a family drama directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
- (1.2K)
- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Michael Curtiz
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners. ...more.
- 103 min
- 2M
- Cult Cinema Classics
The Proud Rebel (1958) was made as a real-life family film -- involving two prominent Hollywood families. The first was the Goldwyns. Around 1946, 20-year-old Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., persuaded his famous father to sell him the rights to a recently-published short story by James Edward Grant.
A Confederate veteran tries to save his son's speech and a woman's ranch from a landowner's sons in this film directed by Michael Curtiz. The Proud Rebel is a story of human heart and justice in the post-Civil War era.
