Back to browse
58% Critic Match
Stranger on Horseback
“A Killer's Paradise ... then one day a stranger rode in with a challenge ... a stranger the West would never forget !”
5.8 / 10• 1955• 1h 6m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Joel McCrea
Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Lead
Miroslava
Amy Lee Bannerman
Kevin McCarthy
Tom Bannerman
John McIntire
Josiah Bannerman
John Carradine
Col. Buck Streeter
Nancy Gates
Caroline Webb
Emile Meyer
Sheriff Nat Bell
Robert Cornthwaite
Arnold Hammer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jacques Tourneur's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Stranger on Horseback is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
