Tumbleweed main backdrop
Tumbleweed main poster

Tumbleweed

Visit website

6.1/10 • 17

1953-12-011h 19m

Western

The story of Jim Harvey...the savage terror he faced...the desert woman he loved!

Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.

Directors
Nathan Juran
Editors
Virgil W. Vogel

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Audie Murphy

    Audie Murphy

    Jim Harvey

  2. Lori Nelson

    Lori Nelson

    Laura Saunders

  3. Chill Wills

    Chill Wills

    Sheriff Murchoree

  4. Roy Roberts

    Roy Roberts

    Nick Buckley

  5. Russell Johnson

    Russell Johnson

    Lam Blandon

  6. K.T. Stevens

    K.T. Stevens

    Louella Buckley

  7. Madge Meredith

    Madge Meredith

    Sarah Blandon

  8. Lee Van Cleef

    Lee Van Cleef

    Marv

  9. I. Stanford Jolley

    I. Stanford Jolley

    Ted

Reviews1

View Reviews
John Chard Avatar

John Chard

Jul 13, 2014

7/10

A man’s best friend is his horse. Tumbleweed is directed by Nathan Juran and adapted to screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas from the novel “Three Were Renegades” written by Kenneth Perkins. It stars Audie Murphy, Chill Wills, Lori Nelson, Roy Roberts, Russell Johnson, Lee Van Cleef, K.T. Stevens and Madge Meredith. Music is by Joseph Gershenson and cinematography by Russell Metty. It’s atypical Audie Murphy fare, which for his fans (of which I’m firmly one) is enough for a rollicking good time. Plot has Murphy as Jim Harvey, a Wagon Train leader who mistakenly gets called out for being a coward when the train he is leading is attacked by the Yaqui Indians, leaving all the men folk dead. Forced to evade lynch mobs and the law, he goes on the lam, armed with only his wits and an aging horse called Tumbleweed. What follows for the 80 minute run time is plenty of action and near scrapes, some barely concealed romantic yearnings, and of course heroics from both man and beast. The locations used for the story are gorgeous, as Death Valley and Vasquez Rocks form a mightily impressive back drop to the unfolding drama. While stunts and machismo are up to the requisite standard. Cast are fine, with Audie being Audie, Wills a gruff lawman and Cleef in loose cannon side-kick mode. The girls are mere tokens, but the beauty of Nelson and Meredith is breath taking. While costuming (Bill Thomas) is high end as well. A Technicolor treat for Murphy and B Western fans. 7/10

Media

  • Tumbleweed poster
  • Tumbleweed poster
  • Tumbleweed poster
  • Tumbleweed poster
  • Tumbleweed poster
  • Tumbleweed poster

Recommendations

  • Gracie main backdrop

    Gracie

    6.2

  • Pulp Fiction main backdrop

    Pulp Fiction

    8.5

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring main backdrop

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    8.4

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey main backdrop

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    8.1

  • Interstellar main backdrop

    Interstellar

    8.5

  • La La Land main backdrop

    La La Land

    7.9

  • Shutter Island main backdrop

    Shutter Island

    8.2

  • Get Out main backdrop

    Get Out

    7.6

  • Iron Man main backdrop

    Iron Man

    7.7

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service main backdrop

    Kingsman: The Secret Service

    7.6

  • Split main backdrop

    Split

    7.3

  • Jumanji main backdrop

    Jumanji

    7.2

  • Dead Poets Society main backdrop

    Dead Poets Society

    8.3

  • Forrest Gump main backdrop

    Forrest Gump

    8.5

  • GoodFellas main backdrop

    GoodFellas

    8.5

  • Me Before You main backdrop

    Me Before You

    7.9

  • Love, Simon main backdrop

    Love, Simon

    8.0

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them main backdrop

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    7.3

  • Don't Breathe main backdrop

    Don't Breathe

    7.0

  • John Wick main backdrop

    John Wick

    7.5

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
guardtrainwagon train