Count Three and Pray (film)
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | Herb Meadow |
Produced by | Ted Richmond |
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Cinematography | William A. Lyon |
Music by | George Duning |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Copa Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Count Three and Pray is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Heflin and Joanne Woodward in her first feature film.[1] It was based on the story "Calico Pony" (also the working title of the film) by Herb Meadow. It premiered in Woodward's home town, Greenville, South Carolina, at the Paris Theatre.
Plot
Former brawler and womanizer Luke Fargo returns from the
Fargo encounters two very different women from his past. Southern belle Georgina Descrais, impoverished by the war, tries to revive their romantic relationship, but he is not interested. Local
Finally, the bishop is called in to resolve the situation. He learns that Fargo, not knowing any better, had not been ordained. After hearing how much good Fargo has done in the community, the bishop makes him a real minister and then tries to get him to marry Lissy. When Fargo proves reluctant, the exasperated Lissy hands the bishop her rifle to prod the hesitant (though not unwilling) groom.
Cast
- Van Heflin as Luke Fargo
- Joanne Woodward as Lissy
- Philip Carey as Albert Loomis
- Raymond Burr as Yancey Huggins
- Allison Hayes as Georgina Decrais
- Myron Healey as Floyd Miller
- Nancy Kulp as Matty Miller
- James Griffith as Swallow
- Richard Webb as Big
- Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Decrais, Georgina's mother
- Robert Burton as Bishop
- Jean Willes as Selma (uncredited)
See also
References
- Time Warner). Retrieved September 5, 2016.
External links
- Count Three and Pray at IMDb
- Count Three and Pray at the TCM Movie Database
- Count Three and Pray at AllMovie