Man of the West

Man of the West

100 mins | Drama, Romance, Western | Sept. 30, 1958

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

Man of the West

100 mins | Drama, Romance, Western | Sept. 30, 1958

Man of the West
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers United Artists, Ashton Productions
Original title Man of the West
Directors Dick Moder, Anthony Mann
Writers Will C. Brown, Reginald Rose

Cast

Gary Cooper

as Link Jones

Julie London

as Billie Ellis

Lee J. Cobb

as Dock Tobin

Arthur O'Connell

as Sam Beasley

Jack Lord

as Coaley

John Dehner

as Claude Tobin

Royal Dano

as Trout

Robert J. Wilke

as Ponch

Emory Parnell

as Henry

Dick Elliott

as Willie

Frank Ferguson

as Crosscut Marshal

Tina Menard

as Juanita

Chuck Roberson

as Rifleman-Guard on Train