The Painted Hills (1951) on Netflix
Approved19511h 8mDramaFamilyWestern
After years of digging in the California hills, Jonathan Harvey strikes gold. He leaves his collie, Shep, with the boy Tommy Blake. His partner, Lin Taylor, wants the strike for himself.
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Plot summary
Jonathan Harvey is a prospector who has spent years digging in the hills of California, with a Rough Collie named Shep as his companion. Shep is a descendant of Lassie, and Jonathan is a friend of the Blake family. When his long search finally turns up gold, he intends to share the strike with them. The family's boy, Tommy Blake, has lost his father, so Jonathan leaves Shep with the boy to lift his spirits. Jonathan's new partner, Lin Taylor, has no wish to share the gold with the Blakes, and he has plans of his own for the strike.
Cast
- Andrea Virginia Lesteras Mita
- Brown Jug Reynoldsas Red Wing
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Painted Hills (1951)
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- While shooting on location, actor Bruce Cowling took a serious fall and was injured; he needed a hernia operation and had to withdraw from his next film, Across the Wide Missouri.
- The Painted Hills was riffed as episode #510 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, paired with a hygiene short called "Body Care and Grooming"; the episode premiered on Comedy Central on September 26, 1993.
- MGM failed to file renewal applications in 1979, so the copyright on The Painted Hills lapsed along with seven other MGM films from the first half of 1951, leaving it in the public domain and open to VHS and DVD releases by various companies.
