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65% Critic Match
The Violent Men
“VOLCANIC! VALIANT! VICIOUS! Violence and Passion the Screen Has Seldom Seen!”
6.5 / 10• 1955• 1h 36m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
Cast & Crew
Glenn Ford
John Parrish
Lead
Barbara Stanwyck
Martha Wilkison
Edward G. Robinson
Lee Wilkison
Dianne Foster
Judith Wilkison
Brian Keith
Cole Wilkison
May Wynn
Caroline Vail
Warner Anderson
Jim McCloud
Basil Ruysdael
Tex Hinkleman
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rudolph Maté's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Violent Men is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
