Yellowstone Kelly - Wikipedia Yellowstone Kelly Yellowstone Kelly Theatrical release poster Directed by Gordon Douglas Screenplay by Burt Kennedy Based on the novel by Heck Allen Starring Clint Walker Music by Howard Jackson Cinematography Carl E. Guthrie Edited by William H. Ziegler Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date November 11, 1959 ( 1959 - 11 - 11 ) ( New York City ) Running time 91 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $1.7 million ( est. US / Canada rentals ) Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 Western Technicolor movie based upon a novel by Heck Allen ( using his pen name Clay Fisher, which shows in the movie credits ) with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Yellowstone Luther Kelly, and directed by Gordon Douglas. The film was originally supposed to be directed by John Ford with John Wayne in the Clint Walker role but Ford and Wayne opted to make The Horse Soldiers instead. At the time the film was notable for using the leads of then popular Warner Bros. Television shows, Cheyenne ( Walker ), Lawman ( Russell ), 77 Sunset Strip ( Byrnes ), and The Alaskans ( Danton ) as well as Warners contract stars such as Andra Martin, Claude Akins, Rhodes Reason and Gary Vinson. The novel was based on the real life Luther Kelly. Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 3 Reception 4 Comic book adaption 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Cast Clint Walker as Luther `` Yellowstone '' Kelly Edd Byrnes as Anse Harper John Russell as Gall, Sioux Chief Ray Danton as Sayapi, Gall 's nephew Claude Akins as Sergeant Rhodes Reason as Major Towns Andra Martin as Wahleeah, Sayapi 's Arapaho captive Gary Vinson as Lieutenant Warren Oates as Corporal Harry Shannon as Captain Production Warner Bros announced the project in August 1956 saying that John Wayne would star. It was based on a novel by Clay Fisher, not published until April 1957. When the novel came out the New York Times said it `` rates grade A without question ''. D.D. Beauchamp was hired to write a script. Then Eliot Asinof was reported as working on the script. Jack Warner assigned Irving Shermer as producer. By early 1959 the project had become a vehicle for Clint Walker, the star of Warner Bros ' hit TV show Cheyenne and the final script was done by Burt Kennedy who was under contract to Warners at the time. Walker 's co-star was Edd Byrnes who had leapt to fame playing `` Kookie '' on the Warner Bros detective show 77 Sunset Strip. Filming took place in April and June 1959, partly on location in Flagstaff, Arizona. `` I felt miserable and lost ten pounds in one month '' said Byrnes. Ray Danton was signed to a long term contract at Warners after the film. Reception The Los Angeles Times called the film `` fairly good '' in which Byrnes was `` a bit too contemporary. Let it be said that he left his comb somewhere in the Sunset Strip and played it straight from there. Burt Kennedy 's script is first rate. '' Comic book adaption Dell Four Color # 1056 ( October 1959 ) Drawn by Dan Spiegle See also List of American films of 1959 References Jump up ^ `` 1959 : Probable Domestic Take '', Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34. Jump up ^ Hager, C. Michael. Brief biography, RareWinchesters.com. Accessed : July 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Going forward, says new warnrer bros. head. ( 1956, Aug 06 ). Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167000195?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Books and authors. ( 1957, Apr 29 ). New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/113999012?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ By, H.B. ( 1957, Sep 01 ). Roundup on the western range. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/114170286?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ By THOMAS M PRYOR Special to The New York Times. ( 1956, Aug 09 ). FOX SIGNS WALD FOR 18 PICTURES. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/113787433?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ MOVIELAND EVENTS. ( 1957, Apr 09 ). Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167096214?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Schallert, E. ( 1957, Apr 16 ). Cobb battles brynner as karamazov father ; randall now dramatic. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167098399?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ `` Burt Kennedy : Writing Broadway in Arizona ''. Parallax View. November 6, 2008. Jump up ^ Hopper, H. ( 1959, Feb 05 ). Gloria grahame returns to films after two years. Chicago Daily Tribune ( 1923 - 1963 ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/182263353?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ MURRY, S. ( 1959, Aug 30 ). SUCCESS STORY. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/114669001?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Wolters, L. ( 1959, Aug 09 ). Kookie is kool, man, kool ! Chicago Daily Tribune ( 1923 - 1963 ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/182377654?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ FILMLAND EVENTS. ( 1959, Jun 26 ). Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167462109?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Warren, G. ( 1959, Sep 18 ). ' Yellowstone kelly ' proves solid western. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167558238?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ `` Dell Four Color # 1056 ''. Grand Comics Database. Jump up ^ Dell Four Color # 1056 at the Comic Book DB External links Yellowstone Kelly on IMDb Yellowstone Kelly at AllMovie Yellowstone Kelly at the TCM Movie Database Yellowstone Kelly opening titles on YouTube Films directed by Gordon Douglas General Spanky ( 1936 ) Zenobia ( 1939 ) Saps at Sea ( 1940 ) Broadway Limited ( 1941 ) The Great Gildersleeve ( 1942 ) Gildersleeve 's Bad Day ( 1943 ) Gildersleeve on Broadway ( 1943 ) A Night of Adventure ( 1944 ) Gildersleeve 's Ghost ( 1944 ) Girl Rush ( 1944 ) The Falcon in Hollywood ( 1944 ) Zombies on Broadway ( 1945 ) First Yank into Tokyo ( 1945 ) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball ( 1946 ) San Quentin ( 1946 ) If You Knew Susie ( 1948 ) Walk a Crooked Mile ( 1948 ) The Doolins of Oklahoma ( 1949 ) Mr. Soft Touch ( 1949 ) The Nevadan ( 1950 ) Fortunes of Captain Blood ( 1950 ) Rogues of Sherwood Forest ( 1950 ) Between Midnight and Dawn ( 1950 ) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye ( 1950 ) The Great Missouri Raid ( 1951 ) Only the Valiant ( 1951 ) I Was a Communist for the FBI ( 1951 ) Come Fill the Cup ( 1951 ) Mara Maru ( 1952 ) The Iron Mistress ( 1952 ) She 's Back on Broadway ( 1953 ) The Charge at Feather River ( 1953 ) So This Is Love ( 1953 ) Them ! 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Question: who played the indian chief in yellowstone kelly
Answer: John Russell