1958·Western·1h 40m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Anthony Mann
train robbery
grave digging
former outlaw
old gang
gang of outlaws
reformed criminal
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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)
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
Reginald Rose
Screenplay
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Walter Mirisch
Producer
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Yvonne Wood
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
46 reviews
PoochieVince
8.0★ · 04/08/26
Lee J. Cobb is on another level here—just a total acting clinic. The middle drags quite a bit and the ending wasn't really that satisfying, but it wound up OK in the end. Gary Cooper is cool, but Cobb is the whole show.
Lee J. Cobb is on another level here—just a total acting clinic. The middle drags quite a bit and the ending wasn't really that satisfying, but it wound up OK in the end. Gary Cooper is cool, but Cobb is the whole show.
Stockton DavisPRO
6.0★ · 03/13/26
A decent western with good plot development and pacing. Lee Cobb acting performance in this was amazing. He played his part excellent. This just wasn’t my cup of tea western. Very dramatic. Very dramatic films are not my style. Probably a really good movie and deserving of higher rating, but my taste buds just affect my rating.
A decent western with good plot development and pacing. Lee Cobb acting performance in this was amazing. He played his part excellent. This just wasn’t my cup of tea western. Very dramatic. Very dramatic films are not my style. Probably a really good movie and deserving of higher rating, but my taste buds just affect my rating.
nkow
4.0★ · 10/21/25
mid
mid
Tobias
6.4★ · 09/24/25
"You've outlived your time and your kind."
The men of the West have no place in modernity. They are a group that will always clutch the waist of their coat where a gun once resided upon every closed doorway, long after they have attempted to assimilate. From the moment that civilization left with the train, Link was thrown back into the world that he was born into, and would never be able to leave again.
The men of the West have no place in modernity. They are a group that will always clutch the waist of their coat where a gun once resided upon every closed doorway, long after they have attempted to assimilate. From the moment that civilization left with the train, Link was thrown back into the world that he was born into, and would never be able to leave again.
"You've outlived your time and your kind."
The men of the West have no place in modernity. They are a group that will always clutch the waist of their coat where a gun once resided upon every closed doorway, long after they have attempted to assimilate. From the moment that civilization left with the train, Link was thrown back into the world that he was born into, and would never be able to leave again.
The men of the West have no place in modernity. They are a group that will always clutch the waist of their coat where a gun once resided upon every closed doorway, long after they have attempted to assimilate. From the moment that civilization left with the train, Link was thrown back into the world that he was born into, and would never be able to leave again.
Ari
10.0★ · 07/18/25
Freudian read of this probably goes crazy, I feel like Mann knew how phallic guns are lol… that whole fistfight was literally gay sex
One fascinating thing about Mann’s work here is how he uses background characters in 1-on-1 conversation… some people listen closely, reflect intrigue, skepticism, or rising tension, but even more often characters are simply watching—too far away to even hear—but every time this happens it seems like these faraway characters can infer their fates through the movements and emotions they are able to see, through the composition of the space… brilliant
One fascinating thing about Mann’s work here is how he uses background characters in 1-on-1 conversation… some people listen closely, reflect intrigue, skepticism, or rising tension, but even more often characters are simply watching—too far away to even hear—but every time this happens it seems like these faraway characters can infer their fates through the movements and emotions they are able to see, through the composition of the space… brilliant
Freudian read of this probably goes crazy, I feel like Mann knew how phallic guns are lol… that whole fistfight was literally gay sex
One fascinating thing about Mann’s work here is how he uses background characters in 1-on-1 conversation… some people listen closely, reflect intrigue, skepticism, or rising tension, but even more often characters are simply watching—too far away to even hear—but every time this happens it seems like these faraway characters can infer their fates through the movements and emotions they are able to see, through the composition of the space… brilliant
One fascinating thing about Mann’s work here is how he uses background characters in 1-on-1 conversation… some people listen closely, reflect intrigue, skepticism, or rising tension, but even more often characters are simply watching—too far away to even hear—but every time this happens it seems like these faraway characters can infer their fates through the movements and emotions they are able to see, through the composition of the space… brilliant