| Return of the Texan | |
| Director: | Delmer Daves |
| Producer: | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Screenplay: | Dudley Nichols |
| Based On: | Fred Gipson (Based on a Novel by) |
| Music: | Sol Kaplan |
| Cinematography: | Lucien Ballard |
| Editing: | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Color Process: | Black and white |
| Studio: | 20th Century-Fox |
| Distributor: | 20th Century-Fox |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Return of the Texan is a 1952 American Western film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru and Walter Brennan.[1]
After his wife dies, Sam Crockett honors her last wish by moving back to their native Texas with their two sons and Grandpa Firth. They have a farm there that is in serious disrepair.
Neighbor and old acquaintance Rod Murray has become owner of a large ranch by marrying Averill Marshall. He hates poachers and resents Grandpa hunting deer on his land. He also is unhappy that Averill's sister Ann, engaged to a doctor, is developing a romantic interest in Sam.
Sam needs money and does some fencing work for Rod, who is slow to pay him, leading to a fight. Grandpa suffers a stroke and Ann helps nurse him back to health. She knows that Sam still loves his late wife, but persuades him that they can begin a life of their own.