The Long Rope

"The roaring story of a frontier town where lawlessness made its last stand!"

Mar 26 1961 Approved 1h 1m
Western

A judge in a murder trial, believing the defendant is innocent, sets out to find the real killer.

Plot

A federal judge is sent to a town to preside in a murder trial. He discovers that the defendant, a poor Mexican, is accused of killing the brother of a powerful landowner, and the townspeople are in no mood for the niceties of a trial. The judge, who has come to believe the accused is innocent of the murder, has to find the real killer before the defendant is railroaded to the gallows.

Written by

Robert Hamner

Directed by

William Witney

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Associated Producers (API), Margo Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
153
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA