US Release date: 4 August 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 March 1950
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Running time: 78 minutes.
Director: Louis King
Cast: Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray & Rory Calhoun
Australian Distributor: United Artists
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol for two weeks from 13 January 1949 with Miss Mink of 1949 as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 264 | 77 |
| EF PPE | 4.71 | 110 |
| Metres Travelled | 592,053 | 12 |
| Average MT | 10,572 | 129 |
| Engagements | 56 | 19 |
| Slots | 60 | 101 |
| Weeks | 4 | 188 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.14% | 235 |
| Saturdays | 26 | 76 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 46.43% | 128 |
| Tuesdays | 26 | 48 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 46.43% | 117 |
| First billed | 55 | 18 |
| Second billed | 1 | 259 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 50 |
| Ratio | 89.29% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.07% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 3 |
| Ratio | 5.36% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.03% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 3 |
| Ratio | 5.36% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.12% |
| Hoyts eng | 37 |
| Ratio | 66.07% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.29% |
| Independent eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 10.71% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.79% |
| Suburban eng | 13 |
| Ratio | 23.21% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.49% |
Notes: This equine UA drama was equal in its Saturdays and Tuesdays and was heavily played – ranking highly between engagements and total meterage travelled. A good, strong performer that was kept company by The Glass Mountain as a support for most of its suburban run.
Sand engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St.Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 25/2/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 4/3/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Sleeping Car to Trieste |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 4/3/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Ruthless |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Britannia Mews |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Ruthless |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Britannia Mews |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 1/4/50 | 6 | S | 1 | The Crooked Way |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Slippy McGee |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 6 | T | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 8/4/50 | 7 | S | 1 | The Glass Mountain |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 7 | S | 1 | Banjo on My Knee |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 8/4/50 | 7 | T | 1 | Caught |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Too Late for Tears |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Lucky Stiff |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 6/5/50 | 11 | S | 1 | Dear Wife |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 13/5/50 | 12 | S | 1 | When the Bough Breaks |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 15 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 18/11/50 | 39 | T | 1 | When the Bough Breaks |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 40 | S | 1 | Travelling Saleswoman |
| Coburg | Town Hall | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 40 | S | 1 | Travelling Saleswoman |
The 1950 Project 