The read
A Balasaur Score of 86 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 93/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 173 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
1,294 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
Cast
- John WayneSheriff John T. Chance
- Dean MartinDude
- Ricky NelsonColorado Ryan
- Angie DickinsonFeathers
- Walter BrennanStumpy
- Ward BondPat Wheeler
- John RussellNathan Burdette
- Pedro Gonzalez GonzalezCarlos Robante
- Estelita RodriguezConsuela Robante
- Claude AkinsJoe Burdette
- Malcolm AtterburyJake
- Harry Carey Jr.Harold
Stills
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Themes
small townsheriffgunmarshaltexasdeputymurderjailalcoholicstagecoachgamblerbased on short story
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