Man of the West

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

Oct 10 1958 Approved 1h 40m
Drama, Romance, Western

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.

Plot

On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. With him are an attractive dancehall girl and an untrustworthy gambler and he decides to get shelter nearby from outlaw relatives he used to run with. They don't trust him and he loathes them but they decide he can help them with one last bank job.

Written by

Will C. Brown, Reginald Rose

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Cast

Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Ashton Productions

Languages

English, Español

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Man of the West trailer
Man of the West (1958) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Scores
# of Votes
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Average Rating
7 out of 10
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