The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

94 mins | Western | May 15, 1956

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.

The Proud Ones

94 mins | Western | May 15, 1956

The Proud Ones
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Proud Ones
Directors Robert D. Webb, Ad Schaumer
Writers Verne Athanas, Joseph Petracca, Edmund H. North

Cast

Robert Ryan

as Marshal Cass Silver

Virginia Mayo

as Sally

Jeffrey Hunter

as Thad Anderson

Robert Middleton

as Honest John Barrett

Walter Brennan

as Jake

Arthur O'Connell

as Jim Dexter

Rodolfo Acosta

as Chico

Ken Clark

as Pike

George Mathews

as Dillon

Fay Roope

as Markham

Edward Platt

as Dr. Barlow

Whit Bissell

as Mr. Sam Bolton

Jackie Coogan

as Man on Make (uncredited)