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Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

A love-bargain is like barbed-wire...fight it and you'll get hurt!

19556.41h 29m

Overview

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

Directed by King Vidor
Written by D.D. Beauchamp, Borden Chase, Dee Linford
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg
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Top Cast

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Dempsey Rae

Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain

Reed Bowman

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

Idonee

William Campbell

William Campbell

Jeff Jimson

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Steve Miles

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Strap Davis

Myrna Hansen

Myrna Hansen

Tess Cassidy

Mara Corday

Mara Corday

Moccasin Mary

Eddy Waller

Eddy Waller

Tom Cassidy

Sheb Wooley

Sheb Wooley

Latigo

Themes & Keywords

ranchdrifterhomestead

About Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star is a western film released in 1955 exploring themes of ranch, drifter, homestead. Directed by King Vidor, it stars Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor. A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

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A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

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Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.

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An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

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