Stars in My Crown

About Stars in My Crown

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.

Stars in My Crown (1950) is a western film directed by Jacques Tourneur. Joel McCrea stars as Josiah Doziah Gray, Ellen Drew as Harriet Gray, Dean Stockwell as John Kenyon, and Alan Hale as Jed Isbell.

At 90 minutes long, it arrived in May 1950. Written by Margaret Fitts. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under orphan, narration, pastor, and post civil war. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 51 TMDB voters.

The Intruder, The Hateful Eight, and There Will Be Blood make useful companions to Stars in My Crown, all filed under lynch mob, racism, and small southern town.