Vengeance Valley

Archie owns all the land and cattle in the county. When it’s stormed by invaders, he begins a war. All the while his brother keeps quiet about his misdeeds., Western drama, with Burt Lancaster as the decent foster brother threatened by his evil sibling, who spreads rumours of an illegitimate child., Frontier drama in which two brothers with different temperaments come into deadly conflict. In a scheme to acquire full control of the ranch they co-own, one treacherous sibling circulates the false rumour that his decent foster brother has fathered an illegitimate child, knowing that the family of the wronged woman will try to hunt him down and kill him in revenge., The old “Cain and Abel” plot device is redefined within Western terms in MGM’s Vengeance Valley. Burt Lancaster stars as ranch-hand Owen Daybright, who has been raised as a son by rancher Arch Stroble (Ray Collins). Stroble’s natural son Lee (Robert Walker) has always been envious of Owen, who in turn has spent most of his life pulling Lee out of trouble and keeping the boy’s misdeeds a secret from the elder Stroble. When Lee fathers an illegitimate child, he tries to shift the responsibility on Owen, leading to a life-threatening confrontation with the vengeance-seeking brothers of the baby’s mother (Sally Forrest). There’s plenty more plot twists before virtue finally triumphs. Joanne Dru co-stars as Lee’s long-suffering wife Jen, who harbors a secret yen for Owen. Since lapsing into public domain, Vengeance Valley has shown up with increasing frequency on cable television; it has also been made available in a narrated version for the visually impaired., A ranch foreman is at odds with his wastrel foster brother., Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker star in this 1951 release as two foster brothers. Lancaster is the strong responsible one who is always on hand to dig his brother out of trouble – even to the extent of taking the rap for a crime he didn’t commit., Lustful Western drama, with Burt Lancaster as the decent foster brother threatened by his evil sibling (Robert Walker), who spreads rumours of an illegitimate child.