I am a big fan of Robert Mitchum and turned to David Thompson's Dictionary of Film to find some titles of films I have yet to see and one of the earliest films he singled out was Raoul Wash's (White Heat) Pursued (1947). It is a genre-busting film that is noir and western all at once. Mitchum is the orphan war hero, Jeb, who is in love with his stepsister (Teresa Wright) and the object of scorn from his jealous stepbrother (Dean Jagger). Things get complicated and Jeb has to go on the run and is pursued. Another fine performance from one of my favorite leading men of the golden age of Hollywood.
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