The Young Land

The Young Land is a 1959 American Western drama film directed by Ted Tetzlaff starring Patrick Wayne and Dennis Hopper. The cinematography was by Technicolor developer Winton C. Hoch and Henry Sharp. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation.

In 1848, after the end of the MexicanAmerican War and with the advent of California statehood, an American gunslinger named Hatfield Carnes Dennis Hopper kills a Mexican man in California. He is arrested for the murder by Jim Ellison Patrick Wayne, a former United States marine and now sheriff with neither a gun nor a badge. Appointed by prominent local businessman and politico Don Roberto de la Madrid Roberto de la Madrid, Ellison has designs on de la Madrids spoiled daughter, Elena Yvonne Craig. By the book Judge Millard Isham Dan OHerlihy arrives in town with Deputy Marshal Ben Stroud Cliff Ketchum to conduct the trial. Wanted tough guy Lee Hearn Ken Curtis has problems of his own with the law, but is willing to help Ellison as a deputy. Carnes is then placed on trial in the new Mexican Cession territory with the Hispanic populace waiting to learn if American justice will convict Carnes.No less than six different releases of The Young Land were produced on VHS. Similarly, several DVD versions were released over the years, mainly as an inclusion in a multiple film western pack. Presently, The Young Land is available on Region 0 DVD through VCI Entertainment and video on demand in standard nonwidescreen format. ........

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