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Canyon Crossroads
Canyon Crossroads is a 1955 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and stars Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk and Stephen Elliott.
Plot.
Near Moab, Utah, mining engineer Larry Kendall (Richard Basehart), is searching for large uranium deposits and joins forces with Katherine Rand (Phyllis Kirk) and her father, Dr. Andrew Rand (Russell Collins). When Dr. Rand is hurt in an accident, Kendall and Katherine continue on, enlisting the help of an Indian guide, Charlie Rivers (Alan
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Production.
"Canyon Crossroads" was set in and near Moab, Utah, with 90% of the production shot entirely on location in 1954 at Professor Valley and along the Colorado River. Moab locations, the site of many previous Hollywood productions, were employed, although "no sets were constructed".
Reception.
Film historians Jack Hardwick and Ed Schnepf described "Canyon Crossroads" as "fair entertainment", claiming that the film "... was the first good