Classic Vault Movie

The Naked Hills

1956 • Western • 75 min

Tracy Powell (David Wayne), an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian (Denver Pyle), and teams up with Sam Wilkins (Keenan Wynn), a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver (Jim Backus). Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie (Marcia Henderson). They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold.