US Release date: 13 April 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Running time: 90 minutes (colour)
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston & Pedro Armendáriz
Australian Distributor: BEF
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy theatre for four weeks from 6 January 1950 with Incident as support.
Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-1
Rankings
| EF Points | 171 | 136 |
| EF PPE | 6.58 | 51 |
| Metres Travelled | 289,978 | 284 |
| Average MT | 11,153 | 51 |
| Engagements | 26 | 287 |
| Slots | 35 | 291 |
| Weeks | 9 | 124 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 34.62% | 126 |
| Saturdays | 13 | 174 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 50.00% | 95 |
| Tuesdays | 4 | 281 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 15.38% | 258 |
| First billed | 26 | 146 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 16 |
| Ratio | 61.54% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -25.13% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 19.23% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 11.61% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 5 |
| Ratio | 19.23% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 13.52% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 21 |
| Ratio | 80.77% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.66% |
| Suburban eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 19.23% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.82% |
Notes: A pricey Republic western that received a sporadic suburban release, at best. The Savoy for a first run city release? In that arthouse, really? And then a suburban rollout that, although full of weeks and top-billings (with no particular partner) seemed to be a matter of filling gaps, rather than building an audience. In any case its shelf life was a relatively long one.
Tulsa engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 1/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 1/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Passionate Friends |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Inside Story |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | I Cheated the Law |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 8/4/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Last Crooked Mile |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Song of India |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | I Cheated the Law |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 22/4/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Lost Honeymoon |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 29/4/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Winter Wonderland |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 29/4/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Winter Wonderland |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 13/5/50 | 7 | S | 1 | The Noose Hangs High |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 3/6/50 | 10 | S | 1 | The Calendar |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 3/6/50 | 10 | S | 1 | The Weaker Sex |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 3/6/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Song of India |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 3/6/50 | 10 | W | 1 | Anna Lucasta |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 10/6/50 | 11 | S | 1 | Love, Honor and Goodbye |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 17/6/50 | 12 | S | 1 | The Big Fight |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 24/6/50 | 13 | T | 1 | The Weaker Sex |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 24/6/50 | 13 | W | 1 | Anna Lucasta |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 8/7/50 | 15 | S | 1 | Dual Alibi |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 30/9/50 | 27 | S | 1 | Dreaming |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 7/10/50 | 28 | S | 1 | Sons of Adventure |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 21/10/50 | 30 | S | 1 | Landfall |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 21/10/50 | 30 | S | 1 | The Big Fight |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 27/1/51 | 44 | W | 1 | Secret of St Ives |
The 1950 Project 