The Violent Men
VOLCANIC! VALIANT! VICIOUS! Violence and Passion the Screen Has Seldom Seen!
6.5(59) 1955-01-26 96 minWestern
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
DirectorRudolph Maté
ScreenplayHarry Kleiner
Original Music ComposerMax Steiner
ProducerLewis J. Rachmil
Cast & characters
Glenn Ford
as John Parrish
Barbara Stanwyck
as Martha Wilkison
Edward G. Robinson
as Lee Wilkison
Dianne Foster
as Judith Wilkison
Brian Keith
as Cole Wilkison
May Wynn
as Caroline Vail
Warner Anderson
as Jim McCloud
Basil Ruysdael
as Tex Hinkleman
Lita Milan
as Elena
Richard Jaeckel
as Wade Matlock
James Westerfield
as Sheriff Magruder
Jack Kelly
as De Rosa--Parrish Rider
Willis Bouchey
as Sheriff Martin Kenner
Harry Shannon
as Purdue
Richard Farnsworth
as Anchor Rider (uncredited)
Peter Hansen
as George Menefee (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Mahoney (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Vail (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
as Dr. Henry Crowell (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Anchor Rider (uncredited)
William Phipps
as Bud Hinkleman (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Gunman (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
as Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
as Barfly (uncredited)
