Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley

Burt Lancaster in His BIGGEST Outdoor Adventure Drama!

Directed by Richard Thorpe

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

195183 min5.4 / 10

A mid-century Western family drama built on sibling rivalry and betrayal, where inheritance and legitimacy become weapons in a bitter struggle for paternal favor.

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

Questions people ask

  • Is Vengeance Valley scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Vengeance Valley sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Vengeance Valley violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Does Vengeance Valley end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Vengeance Valley easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Vengeance Valley

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Vengeance Valley

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Vengeance Valley, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Vengeance Valley, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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