Law of the Lawless

May 13, 1964

1h 27m

★ 6.1

The "Hanging Judge" had come to the moment of decision!

Overview

A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

A.C. Lyles Productions

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Cast

Judge Clem Rogers

Dale Robertson

Ellie Irish

Yvonne De Carlo

Sheriff Ed Tanner

William Bendix

Joe Rile

Bruce Cabot

Big Tom Stone

Barton MacLane

Pete Stone

John Agar

Ben the Bartender

Richard Arlen

George Stapleton

Jody McCrea

Attorney Rand McDonald

Kent Taylor

Tiny

Lon Chaney Jr.

Silas Miller

Bill Williams

Deputy Tim Ludlow

Rod Lauren

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