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A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Dec 20257/10
There were not that many actors who could cross the genres as effortlessly as James Stewart, and he proves that here in this superior western that pitches him as disgruntled bounty hunter “Kemp”. He is on the trail of the ingenious “Vandergroat” (Robert Ryan) who’s found himself a vantage point that he can readily defend with rifle and rocks. “Kemp” is a lone wolf, so isn’t naturally inclined to work with the wandering prospector “Tate” (Millard Mitchell) nor with the dubious and flamboyant soldier “Anderson” (Ralph Meeker) - especially when they learn there is $5,000 riding on the head of their quarry. Anyway, team up they do and soon they manage to ensare not just “Vandergroat” but his feisty gal “Lina” (Janet Leigh) too. Now he still has to get him turned-in before anyone gets a red cent, but this small and untrusting group still have their problems to face - not least some Indians on the warpath and a duplicitous “Vandergroat” who is determined to use bribery, corruption and/or his revolver to make sure he escapes - with or without a “Lina” who is starting to show just an hint of divided loyalty. Stewart and Ryan work well together, but the other three in this tightly cast dram
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Cast
- James StewartHoward Kemp
- Janet LeighLina Patch
- Robert RyanBen Vandergroat
- Ralph MeekerRoy Anderson
- Millard MitchellJesse Tate
Crew
- Anthony MannDirector
- Sam RolfeWriter
- Harold Jack BloomWriter
- William C. MellorDirector of Photography
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
- George WhiteEditor
- William H. WrightProducer
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