The Violent Men
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| Directed by | Rudolph Maté |
| Produced by | Lewis J. Rachmil |
| Written by | Harry Kleiner |
| Based on |
Smoky Valley 1954 novel by Donald Hamilton |
| Starring |
Glenn Ford Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson Dianne Foster Brian Keith May Wynn Warner Anderson |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography |
W. Howard Greene Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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96 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,950,000 (US) |
The Violent Men is a 1955 Technicolor 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 ranch owner who comes into conflict with the land grabbing tactics the big local family but whose own tense marriage threatens their strangle hold over the region. The supporting cast features Brian Keith and Dianne Foster.
Parrish (Glenn 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 (Edward G. 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.
Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife, Martha (Barbara Stanwyck), carrying on with his brother, Cole (Brian Keith), who also has a Mexican moll in town. Parrish eventually gets the upper hand, and when the Wilkisons' daughter, Judith (Dianne Foster), comes to understand what her family is like and what Parrish has been up against, she realizes they can join forces as peaceful neighbors and perhaps more.
The song 'Violent men'from the 2012 Lazarus & The Plane Crash album Horseplay is based on the film.
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