Man of the West

Jun 20, 1958

1h 40m

★ 6.6

IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST

Overview

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Ashton Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Link Jones

Gary Cooper

Billie Ellis

Julie London

Dock Tobin

Lee J. Cobb

Sam Beasley

Arthur O'Connell

Coaley

Jack Lord

Claude Tobin

John Dehner

Trout

Royal Dano

Ponch

Robert J. Wilke

Mexican Man (uncredited)

Joe Dominguez

Willie (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Herman Hack

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