Stranger on Horseback (1955)

  • NR
  • 03/22/1955 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 6m

A Killer's Paradise ... then one day a stranger rode in with a challenge ... a stranger the West would never forget !

Overview

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

Don Martin

Screenplay

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Herb Meadow

Screenplay

Cast

Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Miroslava's headshot

Miroslava

Amy Lee Bannerman
Kevin McCarthy's headshot

Kevin McCarthy

Tom Bannerman
John McIntire's headshot

John McIntire

Josiah Bannerman
John Carradine's headshot

John Carradine

Col. Buck Streeter
Nancy Gates's headshot

Nancy Gates

Caroline Webb
Emile Meyer's headshot

Emile Meyer

Sheriff Nat Bell
Robert Cornthwaite's headshot

Robert Cornthwaite

Arnold Hammer

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