US Release date: 30 May 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 November 1950
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Running time: 104 minutes (colour)
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O’Keefe
Australian Distributor: Paramount
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic Theatre for three weeks from 6 October 1950 supported by High Tide.
Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 315 | 55 |
| EF PPE | 7.88 | 19 |
| Metres Travelled | 400,894 | 241 |
| Average MT | 10,022 | 217 |
| Engagements | 40 | 229 |
| Slots | 67 | 70 |
| Weeks | 27 | 52 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 67.50% | 41 |
| Saturdays | 11 | 204 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 27.50% | 232 |
| Tuesdays | 2 | 317 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 5.00% | 338 |
| First billed | 40 | 98 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 40 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 13.33% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -7.62% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 30 |
| Ratio | 75.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.11% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.95% |
Notes: South of the border western enlivened by the Technicolor sheen, this Pine-Thomas production was a hit on the Union circuit, cracking the 300 EF point barrier and landing just outside the top 50. Restricted to 40 bookings (not seen after week 8), it stayed close to the city and its average PPE was high enough to be 19th for the year. Supports were a mixed bag.
The Eagle and the Hawk engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 25/11/1950 | 1 | S | 1 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | Let’s Face It |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| St. Kilda | Astor | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | The Road to Zanzibar |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 25/11/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | One Sunday Afternoon |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | King of Chinatown |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 2/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | W | 1 | Sons of Adventure |
| Caulfield | Camden | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | W | 1 | A Yank in Dutch |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | W | 1 | Let’s Face It |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 2/12/1950 | 2 | W | 1 | Beautiful But Broke |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 2/12/1950 | 2 | W | 1 | The Mutineers |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 9/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Buy Me That Town |
| Brunswick East | Liberty | Independent | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | They All Kissed the Bride |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | Never Say Die |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | The Trespasser |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | The Trespasser |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | The Mutineers |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 16/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Road to Zanzibar |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 16/12/1950 | 4 | S | 1 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 16/12/1950 | 4 | W | 1 | My Favorite Blonde |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 16/12/1950 | 4 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 16/12/1950 | 4 | W | 1 | Two Yanks in Trinidad |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 16/12/1950 | 4 | W | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 23/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Key Witness |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 23/12/1950 | 5 | T | 1 | Key Witness |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 23/12/1950 | 5 | W | 1 | King of the Gamblers |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 23/12/1950 | 5 | W | 1 | If I Had a Million |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 23/12/1950 | 5 | W | 1 | Two Yanks in Trinidad |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 30/12/1950 | 6 | S | 1 | Buy Me That Town |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 30/12/1950 | 6 | S | 1 | For Them That Trespass |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 30/12/1950 | 6 | W | 1 | Blind Spot |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 6/01/1950 | 7 | S | 1 | Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife |
| Murrumbeena | Argosy | Suburban | 13/01/1950 | 8 | S | 1 | The Road to Zanzibar |
The 1950 Project 