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The Violent Men is a american film of genre Action directed by Rudolph Maté released in USA on 26 january 1955 with Glenn Ford
The Violent Men (1955)
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Add to a movie listThe Violent Men is a 1955 CinemaScope Western film drama directed by Rudolph Maté, based on the novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton, and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. The storyline involves a bickering married couple at odds with cattlemen in their small town. The supporting cast features Brian Keith and Dianne Foster.
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Parrish (Ford), a Union Army ex-officer, plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, Caroline (May Wynn), but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner, Lew Wilkison (Robinson), and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. When one of Parrish's hands is murdered, he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience.Actors
Glenn Ford
(John Parrish)
Barbara Stanwyck
(Martha Wilkison)
Edward G. Robinson
(Lee Wilkison)
Dianne Foster
(Judith Wilkison)
Brian Keith
(Cole Wilkison)
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