In the Arizona Territory of 1868, a fugitive army scout and a crooked Indian Agent lock horns over the treatment of the cheated Natives and over the affections of a local beauty.In the Arizona Territory of 1868, a fugitive army scout and a crooked Indian Agent lock horns over the treatment of the cheated Natives and over the affections of a local beauty.In the Arizona Territory of 1868, a fugitive army scout and a crooked Indian Agent lock horns over the treatment of the cheated Natives and over the affections of a local beauty.
Cedric Hardwicke
- Lord Warrick
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Stanley Andrews
- Major at Court Martial
- (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Ed Brady
- Soldier at Hitching Rail
- (uncredited)
John Cason
- Officer at Court Martial
- (uncredited)
Chester Clute
- Wilbur
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Frank Coleman
- Man on Street
- (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
- Soldier at Hitching Rail
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaMade near the end of her seven-year contract with RKO, where she had become known as "Queen of the 'Bs'", in about 15 years Lucille Ball, along with her husband Desi Arnaz would own the studio.
- GoofsAn Indian fires an arrow down at the stagecoach. Yet, when it hits inside of the coach, the arrow has hit where the inside of the wall of the coach connects to the ceiling of the coach and is pointing at an upward angle.
- Crazy creditsListed also as cast members: "Indians from the pueblos of Taos, Santa Clara, Jemes, San Juan and Tesuque"
- ConnectionsReferenced in Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
- SoundtracksThe Battle Cry of Freedom
(uncredited)
Written by George Frederick Root
[In the score after the court-martial]
Featured review
Justice for the Indians and marry Lucille Ball
Valley Of The Sun is an offbeat comic western that stars Lucille Ball in a role you would normally see Dale Evans do over at Republic with Roy Rogers. But Lucy and the rest of the cast acquit themselves well under the handling of director George Marshall.
Lucy runs the Busy Bee Cafe in Yuma where she's all set to marry Indian agent Dean Jagger who makes a nice living cheating the Indians. That was a great racket in the old west and who's to complain as they don't have the right to vote as yet. Army scout James Craig cares however, but he's had to bust jail after helping a couple of falsely accused Apaches escape.
In making his escape Craig runs into both Lucy and Jagger and then has a dual mission to stop that wedding and get some justice for the Indians. Do you doubt he will succeed?
This western moves at a really nice clip with the comedy some of the rough house kind like Jagger having a stagecoach run over some cactus to dislodge Craig who is riding by hanging on to the boot. Nevermind though Craig pays him back good in stopping that wedding and I won't reveal how.
George Marshall was one of the great comic directors from the last century and never gets the due that he should. This minor picture for RKO shows him at his best.
I remember back in the day in New York City when I was a kid, Valley Of The Sun was run frequently on WOR TV as they owned the entire RKO Library. It seems to have fallen out of favor in the past several years though for reasons I can't explain. This is a really fine film.
Lucy runs the Busy Bee Cafe in Yuma where she's all set to marry Indian agent Dean Jagger who makes a nice living cheating the Indians. That was a great racket in the old west and who's to complain as they don't have the right to vote as yet. Army scout James Craig cares however, but he's had to bust jail after helping a couple of falsely accused Apaches escape.
In making his escape Craig runs into both Lucy and Jagger and then has a dual mission to stop that wedding and get some justice for the Indians. Do you doubt he will succeed?
This western moves at a really nice clip with the comedy some of the rough house kind like Jagger having a stagecoach run over some cactus to dislodge Craig who is riding by hanging on to the boot. Nevermind though Craig pays him back good in stopping that wedding and I won't reveal how.
George Marshall was one of the great comic directors from the last century and never gets the due that he should. This minor picture for RKO shows him at his best.
I remember back in the day in New York City when I was a kid, Valley Of The Sun was run frequently on WOR TV as they owned the entire RKO Library. It seems to have fallen out of favor in the past several years though for reasons I can't explain. This is a really fine film.
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- Budget
- $646,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
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- 1.37 : 1
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