The Lonely Man (1957)

  • NR
  • 06/21/1957 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 28m

Two of today's most publicized personalities Anthony Perkins and Jack Palance teamed in a great outdoor drama!

Overview

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

Henry Levin

Director

Harry Essex

Screenplay

Robert Smith

Screenplay

Cast

Jack Palance's headshot

Jack Palance

Jacob Wade
Anthony Perkins's headshot

Anthony Perkins

Riley Wade
Neville Brand's headshot

Neville Brand

King Fisher
Robert Middleton's headshot

Robert Middleton

Ben Ryerson
Elisha Cook Jr.'s headshot

Elisha Cook Jr.

Willie
Claude Akins's headshot

Claude Akins

Blackburn
Lee Van Cleef's headshot

Lee Van Cleef

Faro
Harry Shannon's headshot

Harry Shannon

Dr. Fisher

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