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11/03/1971 Western 1h 39m
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He gave the West justice right up to its neck... then rammed more down its throat.

Overview

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

  1. Michael Winner

    Director

  2. Gerald Wilson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Burt Lancaster

    Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox

  2. Robert Ryan

    Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan

  3. Lee J. Cobb

    Vincent Bronson

  4. Robert Duvall

    Vernon Adams

  5. Sheree North

    Laura Shelby

  6. Albert Salmi

    Harvey Stenbaugh

  7. Richard Jordan

    Crowe Wheelwright

  8. John McGiver

    Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden

  9. Ralph Waite

    Jack Dekker

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2017-06-21
I'm a lawman. Do you know what a lawman is, Crowe? He's a killer of men.

Lawman is directed by Michael Winner and written by Gerry Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North and Richard Jordan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by Robert Paynter.

The Lawman of the title is Jared Maddox (Lancaster), who arrives in the town of Sabbath to serve warrants on the group of rowdies responsible for the death of an old man. His cold hearted approach to his work, however, doesn't endear him to the townsfolk.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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