The Violent Men

Jan 26, 1955

1h 36m

★ 6.4

VOLCANIC! VALIANT! VICIOUS! Violence and Passion the Screen Has Seldom Seen!

Overview

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

John Parrish

Glenn Ford

Martha Wilkison

Barbara Stanwyck

Lee Wilkison

Edward G. Robinson

Judith Wilkison

Dianne Foster

Cole Wilkison

Brian Keith

Caroline Vail

May Wynn

Jim McCloud

Warner Anderson

Tex Hinkleman

Basil Ruysdael

Elena

Lita Milan

Wade Matlock

Richard Jaeckel

Sheriff Magruder

James Westerfield

De Rosa--Parrish Rider

Jack Kelly

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