Man of the West (1958)

6.6/10 100 min Western

Overview

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.

Cast

Gary Cooper

Link Jones

Julie London

Billie Ellis

Lee J. Cobb

Dock Tobin

Arthur O'Connell

Sam Beasley

Jack Lord

Coaley

John Dehner

Claude Tobin

Royal Dano

Trout

Robert J. Wilke

Ponch

Dick Elliott

Willie (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)

Herman Hack

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Signe Hack

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Tom London

Tom (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Henry (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Rifleman-Guard on Train (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Conductor (uncredited)

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