Gentle Annie (1944)
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
Director:
Andrew Marton
Writer:
Lawrence Hazard
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James Craig as Lloyd Richland aka Rich Williams |
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Donna Reed as Mary Lingen |
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Marjorie Main as Annie Goss |
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Harry Morgan as Cottonwood Goss (as Henry Morgan) |
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Paul Langton as Violet Goss |
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Barton MacLane as Sheriff Tatum |
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John Philliber as Barrow |
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Morris Ankrum as Deputy Gansby |
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Noah Beery as Hansen (Noah Berry Sr.) |
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Frank Darien as Jake |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor) |
| Art | Glen Barner | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Writing | Gene Fowler | Writer |
| Production | Robert Sisk | Producer |
| Camera | Charles Salerno Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Lundin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Lawrence Hazard | Screenplay |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Camera | Dave Ragin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Charles E. Wallace | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Chester W. Schaeffer | Editor |
| Sound | David Snell | Music |
| Writing | MacKinlay Kantor | Novel |
| Art | Leonid Vasian | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |