The Hanged Man

Mar 13, 1974

1h 13m

★ 4.0

They left him for dead ... but they were wrong ... dead wrong !

Overview

A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.

Genres

Action

Western

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Andrew J. Fenady Productions

Bing Crosby Productions

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Cast

James Devlin

Steve Forrest

Josiah Lowe

Dean Jagger

Nameless

Will Geer

Carrie Gault

Sharon Acker

Billy Irons

Brendon Boone

Father Alvaro

Rafael Campos

Soledad Villegas

BarBara Luna

Lew Halleck

Cameron Mitchell

Judge Homer Bayne

Ray Teal

Benjamin Gault

Bobby Eilbacher

Dr. Lawrence Nye

William Bryant

Joe 'Patch' Janney

Steven Marlo

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

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