Classic Western Starring Alan Ladd And David Ladd | The Proud Rebel (1958) | Retrospective

Confederate veteran John Chandler (Alan Ladd) returns from defeat in war to find his home razed, his wife dead and his young son, David (David Ladd), traumatized and rendered mute. Desperate to cure the boy, Chandler takes David to a small town in Illinois where he hopes to find a doctor. But, soon after the pair arrives, Chandler finds himself framed for assault -- and forced to choose between serving hard time and working for struggling local farmer Linnett Moore (Olivia de Havilland).

The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant.[1][2] It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest. Despite the implications of the title, the main character in "The Proud Rebel" does not dwell much on his Southern past, but finds his life complicated by sectional prejudice.

Film: The Proud Rebel (1958)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writer: Joseph Petracca, Lillie Hayward

Cast:
Alan Ladd as John Chandler
Olivia de Havilland as Linnett Moore
Dean Jagger as Harry Burleigh
David Ladd as David Chandler
Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Enos Davis (Quaker)
James Westerfield as Birm Bates
Dean Stanton as Jeb Burleigh
Thomas Pittman as Tom Burleigh
Henry Hull as Judge Morley
Eli Mintz as Mr. Gorman
John Carradine as Traveling Salesman
King as Lance, David's Dog

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