Perils of the Wilderness
Seen it?1956 | 258 min | Western
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 4 hr 18 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 4 hr 18 min.
- Made in 1956: an older pace and style.
In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 965 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Dennis MooreDeputy Marshal Dan Mason, aka Laramie
- Evelyn FinleyDonna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
- Kenneth MacDonaldBart Randall (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
- Rick VallinLittle Bear
- John ElliottHomer Lynch
- Don C. HarveyKruger
- Terry FrostBatiste
- Al FergusonMike
- Bud OsborneJake
- Rex LeaseSergeant Jim Rodney