The Burning Hills

The Burning Hills is a 1956 Warner Bros. CinemaScope Western based on a 1956 novel by Louis LAmour. The film features young stars popular with the teenagers of the time such as Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood and has a strong emphasis on the importance of tracking.

The enraged Sutton sends his son Jack Skip Homeier, his foreman Ben Claude Akins and ten ranch hands to track down Trace before he goes to an Army fort to bring law to Esperanza. Wounded in his escape, Trace is helped by courageous half Mexican woman named Maria Colton Natalie Wood. Unable to locate the hidden Trace, Joe Sutton enlists a half Indian tracker Jacob Lantz Eduard Franz.

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