Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence

Making his feature film debut, Glenn Ford plays a disenchanted New York clerk who saves up to buy a parcel of land in Arizona. Deciding to thumb his way out west, his journey brings him into the orbit of a young runaway (Richard Conte, also debuting), a professor (Raymond Walburn) opting for the hobo life, and an illegal immigrant (Jean Rogers) who fled Franco's Spain. Ward Bond, Marjorie Rambeau also star; co-scripted by Dalton Trumbo. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.