The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard WilsonScreenplay
- Richard WilsonDirector
- N.B. Stone Jr.Screenplay
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert MitchumClint Tollinger
- Jan SterlingNelly Bain
- Karen SharpeStella Atkins
- Henry HullMarshal Lee Sims
- Emile MeyerSaul Atkins
- John LuptonJeff Castle
- Barbara LawrenceAnn Wakefield
- Ted de Corsia"Frenchy" Lescaux
- Leo GordonEd Pinchot
- James WesterfieldMr. Zender
- Jay AdlerCal (uncredited)
- Claude AkinsJim Reedy (uncredited)
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Themes
marshalknifedancehall girltown tamerafrican american servantshooting dog