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Henry King's brooding western stars Gregory Peck as a stranger who arrives in a small town to see four bank robbers hanged. He's convinced they raped and murdered his wife and, when they break out of prison, taking Emma Steimmetz hostage, he tracks them down and begins to kill them one by one. Then, just as he is about to execute the last, he finds out a truth that makes him reconsider not just his purpose but his beliefs.

Keywords:

Western, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1958) (3 Star)

Cast:

Gregory Peck	.... Jim Douglass
Joan Collins	.... Josefa Velarde
Stephen Boyd	.... Bill Zachary
Albert Salmi	.... Ed Taylor
Henry Silva	.... Lujan
Kathleen Gallant	.... Emma Steimmetz

Supporting Cast:

Barry Coe	.... Tom
George Voskovec	.... Gus Steimmetz
Herbert Rudley	.... Sheriff Sanchez
Lee Van Cleef	.... Alfonso Parral
Andrew Duggan	.... Padre
Ken Scott	.... Deputy Sheriff
Gene Evans	.... John Butler

Directors:

Henry King

Writers:

Frank O'Rourke
Philip Yordan