He Rides Tall

"They Crippled Him...They Forced Him To Draw!"

Mar 18 1964 Approved 1h 24m
Action, Drama, Western

A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.

Plot

It's the last day on the job for Marshal Morg Rocklin who plans to get married. The new Marshal is due in town the next day. Unfortunately, a bunch of troublemakers are in town. Among them is rancher Joshua McCloud's no-good son who's bringing in a herd of cattle for sale. Immature, spoiled and quick tempered, the McCloud boy gets into an argument with his cowhands in the saloon and shoots one dead. The Marshal tries to arrest McCloud's son who draws on the lawman and gets killed. Postponing his wedding, the Marshal rides out to break the sad news to old rancher McCloud who has recently taken a young gold-digger wife. The old man drinks too much lately. The Marshal fears the worst for his meeting with the old rancher who doesn't yet know that his son was killed. To make matters worse, Bart Thorne, the McClouds' head ranch boss hates the Marshal and wants him dead.

Written by

Charles Irwin, Robert Creighton Williams

Directed by

R.G. Springsteen

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Gordon Kay & Associates, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
225
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA