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61% Critic Match
The Lonely Man
“Two of today's most publicized personalities Anthony Perkins and Jack Palance teamed in a great outdoor drama!”
6.1 / 10• 1957• 1h 28m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Jack Palance
Jacob Wade
Lead
Anthony Perkins
Riley Wade
Neville Brand
King Fisher
Robert Middleton
Ben Ryerson
Elisha Cook Jr.
Willie
Claude Akins
Blackburn
Lee Van Cleef
Faro
Harry Shannon
Dr. Fisher
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Levin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Lonely Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
