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Man of the West

Man of the West

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

19586.61h 40m

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.

Directed by Anthony Mann
Written by Will C. Brown, Reginald Rose
Produced by Walter Mirisch
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Top Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Link Jones

Julie London

Julie London

Billie Ellis

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Dock Tobin

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Sam Beasley

Jack Lord

Jack Lord

Coaley

John Dehner

John Dehner

Claude Tobin

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Trout

Robert J. Wilke

Robert J. Wilke

Ponch

J

Joe Dominguez

Mexican Man (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Willie (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

train robberygrave diggingformer outlawold ganggang of outlawsreformed criminal

About Man of the West

Man of the West is a western film released in 1958 exploring themes of train robbery, grave digging, former outlaw, old gang, gang of outlaws, reformed criminal. Directed by Anthony Mann, it stars Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb. 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.

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