Warlock

"Wherever you've been ... Whatever you've seen ... You've never run into anything like Warlock."

Apr 15 1959 Approved 2h 1m
Drama, Western

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

Plot

In the small frontier mining town of Warlock, rancher Abe McQuown's gang of cowboy cutthroats terrorize the peaceful community, humiliating the town's legitimate deputy Sheriff and running him out of town. Helpless and in need of protection, the townsfolk hire the renowned town tamer Clay Blaisdell, as unofficial Marshal, to bring law and order to the town. Clay arrives with his good friend and backup Tom Morgan. The two men stand up to the ranch gang and quiet the town. Johnny Gannon, a former member of the ranch gang is bothered by the gang's actions, reforms and takes on the deputy Sherrif job while his brother remains part of the gang. The addition of the official lawman to the mix further complicate matters, leading to an inevitable clash of the cowboys, the townsfolk, the gunslingers and the law.

Written by

Robert Alan Aurthur, Oakley Hall

Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

Cast

Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Warlock (1959) Trailer
Featurettes
Howard Rodman on WARLOCK
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# of Votes
7,321
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
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