The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

88 mins | Western | June 21, 1957

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

The Lonely Man

88 mins | Western | June 21, 1957

The Lonely Man
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Paramount
Original title The Lonely Man
Directors Henry Levin
Writers Robert Smith, Harry Essex

Cast

Jack Palance

as Jacob Wade

Anthony Perkins

as Riley Wade

Neville Brand

as King Fisher

Robert Middleton

as Ben Ryerson

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Willie

Claude Akins

as Blackburn

Lee Van Cleef

as Faro

Harry Shannon

as Dr. Fisher

James Bell

as Judge Hart

Adam Williams

as Lon

Denver Pyle

as Brad, Red Bluff Sheriff

John Doucette

as Sundown Whipple

Paul Newlan

as Fence Green

Elaine Aiken

as Ada Marshall