Man of the West (1958)

  • NR
  • 10/01/1958 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 40m

IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST

Overview

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

Reginald Rose

Screenplay

Anthony Mann

Director

Will C. Brown

Novel

Cast

Gary Cooper's headshot

Gary Cooper

Link Jones
Julie London's headshot

Julie London

Billie Ellis
Lee J. Cobb's headshot

Lee J. Cobb

Dock Tobin
Arthur O'Connell's headshot

Arthur O'Connell

Sam Beasley
Jack Lord's headshot

Jack Lord

Coaley
John Dehner's headshot

John Dehner

Claude Tobin
Royal Dano's headshot

Royal Dano

Trout
Robert J. Wilke's headshot

Robert J. Wilke

Ponch

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