Editing Rory Calhoun (section)

=== 1950–1954: 20th Century Fox and stardom ===
In August 1950, Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brady|first=Thomas F.|title=Boyer Gets Role in Drama at Fox – Will Play 65-Year-Old Doctor in Studio's 'Scarlet Pen' – Preminger Is Directing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/08/17/archives/boyer-gets-role-in-drama-at-fox-will-play-65yearold-doctor-in.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 17, 1950|page=24|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> He had made no films for Selznick. "I didn't worry about it because it was like a long vacation with pay", he said later.<ref name="hedda"/>

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Fox, he was in ''[[A Ticket to Tomahawk]]'' (1950) and was second male lead in ''[[I'd Climb the Highest Mountain]]'' (1951) with [[Susan Hayward]] and ''[[Meet Me After the Show]]'' (1951) with [[Betty Grable]].

He went to Ventura to star in a Western ''[[Rogue River (film)|Rogue River]]'' (1951).

He was promoted to co-star for ''[[With a Song in My Heart (film)|With a Song in My Heart]]'' (1952) with Hayward and ''[[Way of a Gaucho]]'' (1952) with [[Gene Tierney]], directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]].

Calhoun was promoted to star in the Westerns ''[[The Silver Whip]]'' (1953) with [[Dale Robertson]] and [[Robert Wagner]] and ''[[Powder River (film)|Powder River]]'' (1953) with [[Corinne Calvet]]. He was in ''[[How to Marry a Millionaire]]'' (1953) as  [[Betty Grable]]'s love interest, then was back to second male leads in ''[[River of No Return]]'' (1954) as [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s boyfriend, who loses her to [[Robert Mitchum]]. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.