The Hard Man

Dec 1, 1957

1h 20m

★ 4.8

He's Got the Southwest...Over a Gun-Barrel!

Overview

A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Romson Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Steve Burden

Guy Madison

Fern Martin

Valerie French

Rice Martin

Lorne Greene

George Dennison

Barry Atwater

Sheriff Hacker

Robert Burton

John Rodman

Rudy Bond

Mitch Willis

Trevor Bardette

Juanita

Renata Vanni

Townswoman (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Card Player (uncredited)

Doyle Brooks

Henchman with Eye Patch (uncredited)

John Cason

Barfly (uncredited)

Bill Clark

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

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