The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- John FordDirector
- Irvin S. CobbWriter
- Lamar TrottiScreenplay
- Dudley NicholsScreenplay
Cast
- Will RogersJudge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
- Tom BrownJerome Priest
- Anita LouiseEllie May Gillespie
- Henry B. WalthallReverend Ashby Brand
- David LandauBob Gillis
- Rochelle HudsonVirginia Maydew
- Roger ImhofBilly Gaynor
- Frank MeltonFleming 'Flem' Talley
- Charley GrapewinSergeant Jimmy Bagby
- Berton ChurchillSenator Horace Maydew
- Brenda FowlerMrs. Caroline Priest
- Francis FordJuror No. 12
Stills
Themes
judgenephewveteran