Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

Jun 9, 1977

1h 40m

★ 6.0

Overview

A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.

Genres

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Universal Television

Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions

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Cast

Charlie Cobb

Clu Gulager

Charity

Blair Brown

McVea

Ralph Bellamy

Martha McVea

Stella Stevens

Angelica

Tricia O'Neil

Conroy

George Furth

Sherrif Yates

Pernell Roberts

Virg

Josh Taylor

Waco

Christopher Connelly

Miss Cumberland

Carmen Mathews

Editor

Wallace Rooney

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