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01/02/1959 Western 1h 13m
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Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

Overview

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

  1. Burt Kennedy

    Writer

  2. Budd Boetticher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Randolph Scott

    Ben Brigade

  2. Karen Steele

    Mrs. Carrie Lane

  3. Pernell Roberts

    Sam Boone

  4. James Best

    Billy John

  5. Lee Van Cleef

    Frank

  6. James Coburn

    Whitt

  7. Bennie E. Dobbins

    Outlaw (uncredited)

  8. Roy Jenson

    Outlaw (uncredited)

  9. Dyke Johnson

    Outlaw (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-20
I usually find Randolph Scott to be a bit lightweight but he's on top form in this classy revenge western. He plays bounty hunter "Ben" who apprehends "Billy John" (James Best) for murder. He is taking him to town for a reckoning, but what he really wants is to capture that man's even more murderous brother "Frank" (Lee Van Cleef) as he has some old, visceral, scores to settle. En route he rescues the feisty "Carrie" (Karen Steele) from an attack by quite an eccentric group of Indians and alights on "Sam" (Pernell Roberts) and "Whit" (James Coburn) to help give them a fighting chance against t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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