''Great Day in the Morning'' is a

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Superscope 1956 film.''

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'' film review; May 19, 1956, page 80. It was directed by

Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including '' Cat People'', ''I Walked w ...

and stars

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Robert Stack Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over forty feature films. He starred in the highly successful ABC tele ...

, and Ruth Roman in a story set in 1860s

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Plot

In the year 1861, just prior to the outbreak of the

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in the

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, Owen Pentecost (

) is a man from

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who comes west to Denver on a whim. He encounters Ann Merry Alaine (

), who is going there to open a dress shop. In a Denver hotel saloon, Owen wins a

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game with the owner, Jumbo Means (

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), who bet his estate on the last hand. Along with the hotel comes Boston Grant ( Ruth Roman), who works there. Both women begin to fall for Owen. He has money on his mind, specifically the gold of the town's Confederates, which turns out to be what brought him here. But the predominantly Union town wants the gold, and with the

approaching, the town is split. Owen leads the Southerners in an escape attempt with the gold.

Cast

as Owen *

as Ann Merry * Ruth Roman as Boston *

as Jumbo *

Alex Nicol Alexander Livingston Nicol Jr. (January 20, 1916 – July 29, 2001) was an American actor and film director. Nicol appeared in many Westerns including '' The Man from Laramie'' (1955). He appeared in more than forty feature films as well as dir ...

as Capt. Kirby *

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as Father Murphy *

Leo Gordon Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but oc ...

as Zeff Masterson *

Carlton Young Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice. Early years Born in Fulton, Oswego, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of Sta ...

as Col. Gibson * Donald MacDonald as Gary John Lawford *_

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as Rogers (uncredited)

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