The Law and Jake Wade

Jun 6, 1958

1h 26m

★ 6.6

The girl is a captive hostage at the mercy of the West's most notorious bandit-killer.

Overview

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Jake Wade

Robert Taylor

Clint Hollister

Richard Widmark

Peggy

Patricia Owens

Ortero

Robert Middleton

Rennie

Henry Silva

Wexler

DeForest Kelley

Lieutenant

Burt Douglas

Burke

Eddie Firestone

Luke

Richard H. Cutting

Avery

Roy Engel

Fred Coby

Rory Mallinson

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