- Country: USA
- Genres: Romance, Western
- Release: 1959-09-01
- Director: Thomas Carr
- Writers: Martin Goldsmith , John McGreevey , Wayne D. Overholser
- Language: English
- Stars: Audie Murphy , Terry Moore , John Dehner , James Best , Rita Lynn , Denver Pyle , Ann Doran (1911–2000) , Stacy Harris , Robert Foulk , Wright King
- Runtime: 82 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Cast a Long Shadow (New Zealand) , Den långa skuggan (Sweden) , Den vilde rytter (Denmark) , Rzucić długi cień (Poland) , La sombra de un titán (Spain) , Az örökölt farm (Hungary) , Fermati cow boy! (Italy) , Cast a Long Shadow (Canada) , La sombra del pasado (Mexico) , Cast a Long Shadow (Ireland) , Cast a Long Shadow , Proiecteaza o umbra lunga (Romania) , Koston tie (Finland) , Cast a Long Shadow (United Kingdom) , Sombras del pasado (Chile) , Sombras del pasado (Mexico) , Le révolté (Canada) , Le Révolté (France, French Republic) , Sombras del pasado (Venezuela) , Sombras del pasado (Argentina) , Cast a Long Shadow (Australia) , I apeili tis mavris skias (Greece) , A Sombra de uma Ameaça (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Kampf ohne Gnade , Sombras del pasado (Peru) , Kampf ohne Gnade (Austria) , Η απειλή της μαύρης σκιάς (Greece) , Le Révolté (Belgium) , Um Homem Contra o Destino (Brazil) , Cast a Long Shadow (United States of America) , Kage o nageru (Japan) , Sombras del pasado (Colombia)
- Plot: Matt Brown is a penniless drunk who gets into brawls often times. He also plays poker when he has money. During a fight over a poker game, Matt is saved by Chip Donahue, the foreman of the Keenan ranch. Chip tels Matt that old man Jake Keenan died and he left his 87,000 acre ranch and fortune to Matt. Keenan had no family other than his illegitimate son, Matt. Whilst he was alive, old man Keenan never recognized Matt as his son and also treated Matt's mother very badly. Back at the ranch in Lobos, New Mexico, Matt rekindles his relationship with his former girlfriend, Janet Calvert. They decide to marry, despite her brothers' reluctance to accept Matt and in spite of Sam Mullen's advances toward Janet. Her brothers would rather see her marry Sam Mullen than Matt. When Janet's mother gives her blessings to Matt, things calm down and a celebration starts. Meanwhile, Chip Donahue the ranch foreman, discovers bank documents in the ranch's safe. These documents show that old man Jake Keenan was in debt to the bank and his lands and ranch were used as collateral. Because of the non-payment of debt, the bank can take over the ranch and lands within a few days. Chip Donahue brings the sad news to Matt and to Matt's tenants, raising their cattle on Matt's lands. The only solution seems to be the immediate repayment of debt to the bank. The only way Matt and his tenants can raise the money in such a short time is to sell three thousand herd of cattle to market in Santa Fe by the end of the week, but such a long cattle drive in such a short time is no easy task. To make matters worse, Sam Mullen and his friends are determined to sabotage Matt's plans.
- IMDB:tt0052681
Cast a Long Shadow Cast · · · ALL
Thomas Carr
Director
Audie Murphy
Matt Brown
Terry Moore
Janet Calvert
John Dehner
Chip Donahue
Ann Doran
(1911–2000)
Ma Calvert
James Best
Sam Mullen
Denver Pyle
Preacher Harrison
Robert Foulk
Hugh Rigdon
Stacy Harris
Eph Brown (as Stacy S. Harris)
Wright King
Noah Pringle
Claire Carleton
Mason Alan Dinehart
Terry Frost
Nacho Galindo
Jonathan Hole
Dick Johnstone
Ray Jones
Kermit Maynard
Joe Patridge
Jack Perrin
Bob Reeves
Buddy Roosevelt
Tony Roux
Rudy Sooter
Dale Van Sickel
(1907–1977)
Rusty Wescoatt