The Violent Men
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“VOLCANIC! VALIANT! VICIOUS! Violence and Passion the Screen Has Seldom Seen!”
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.
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Cast
27 people
Glenn Ford
John Parrish
Known for
The Big Heat
Superman
Barbara Stanwyck
Martha Wilkison
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Edward G. Robinson
Lee Wilkison
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Stranger
Dianne Foster
Judith Wilkison
Known for
The Kentuckian
The Last Hurrah
Brian Keith
Cole Wilkison
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Wind and the Lion
May Wynn
Caroline Vail
Also in
They Rode West
The Man Is Armed
Warner Anderson
Jim McCloud
Known for
Destination Moon
Blackboard Jungle
Basil Ruysdael
Tex Hinkleman
Known for
Broken Arrow
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Lita Milan
Elena
Known for
The Left Handed Gun
Richard Jaeckel
Wade Matlock
Known for
Starman
The Dirty Dozen
James Westerfield
Sheriff Magruder
Known for
On the Waterfront
Hang 'em High
Jack Kelly
De Rosa--Parrish Rider
Known for
Forbidden Planet
To Hell and Back
Rudolph Maté Director · Harry Kleiner Screenplay Donald Hamilton Author
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release January 26, 1955 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,950,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · January 26, 1955
Theatrical
United States · January 26, 1955
Theatrical
Austria
August 10, 1955 · Theatrical
France
June 16, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
April 21, 1955 · Theatrical
Italy
September 1, 1955 · Theatrical
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