US Release date: 30 December 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA.
Running time: 106 minutes.
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell & Gig Young
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Three weeks at Union’s State Theatre from 20 January 1950 supported by Out of the Storm.
Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 243 | 95 |
| EF PPE | 7.59 | 28 |
| Metres Travelled | 321,053 | 277 |
| Average MT | 10,033 | 211 |
| Engagements | 32 | 269 |
| Slots | 50 | 195 |
| Weeks | 18 | 80 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 56.25% | 74 |
| Saturdays | 13 | 174 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 40.63% | 162 |
| Tuesdays | 1 | 337 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 3.13% | 343 |
| First billed | 32 | 127 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 29 |
| Ratio | 90.63% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.96% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 3 |
| Ratio | 9.38% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.76% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 1 |
| Ratio | 3.13% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.29% |
| Independent eng | 23 |
| Ratio | 71.88% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.24% |
| Suburban eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.95% |
NOTES: A- Republic picture to which Union provided a pleasing number of weekly and Saturday screenings, allowing it to scrape into the top 100 EF rankings. Incident was its regular support. Curiously, this pairing had a single Hoyts engagement – the only occasion that a Union film crossed that border.
Wake of the Red Witch engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 1 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| St.Kilda | Astor | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Incident |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 22/4/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Incident |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 22/4/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 29/4/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Incident |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 29/4/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 29/4/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 29/4/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 6/5/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 6/5/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Bagdad |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 6/5/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 6/5/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Incident |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 6/5/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 6/5/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 13/5/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Incident |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 13/5/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 13/5/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 13/5/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 13/5/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Incident |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 20/5/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 20/5/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 17/6/50 | 10 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 22/7/50 | 15 | S | 1 | Clay Pigeon |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 16 | S | 1 | Incident |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 5/8/50 | 17 | W | 1 | Trouble Brewing |
The 1950 Project 