Film

The Violent Men

1955 · 1h 36m · Western

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

IMDb

6.9

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.

Glenn Ford

John Parrish

Barbara Stanwyck

Martha Wilkison

Edward G. Robinson

Lee Wilkison

Dianne Foster

Judith Wilkison

Brian Keith

Cole Wilkison

May Wynn

Caroline Vail

Warner Anderson

Jim McCloud

Basil Ruysdael

Tex Hinkleman

Lita Milan

Elena

Richard Jaeckel

Wade Matlock

James Westerfield

Sheriff Magruder

Jack Kelly

De Rosa--Parrish Rider

Willis Bouchey

Sheriff Martin Kenner

Harry Shannon

Purdue

Richard Farnsworth

Anchor Rider (uncredited)

Peter Hansen

George Menefee (uncredited)

• Rudolph MatéDirector
• Harry KleinerScreenplay
• Donald HamiltonNovel
• Lewis J. RachmilProducer
• W. Howard GreeneDirector of Photography
• Burnett GuffeyDirector of Photography
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
• Jerome ThomsEditor

The Violent Men Trailer

Release date

January 26, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Genres

Western

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