The Violent Men

The Violent Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rudolph Maté
Produced by	Lewis J. Rachmil
Written by	Donald Hamilton (novel) Harry Kleiner
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
Editing by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	26 January 1955
Running time	96 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,950,000 (US)

The Violent Men is a CinemaScope Western film drama from 1955. It was directed by Rudolph Maté, and starred Glenn Ford along with Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson as a bickering married couple at odds with cattlemen in their small town. Brian Keith and Dianne Foster co-starred. Based on the novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton.

Plot

Parrish, a Union Army ex-officer, plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, Caroline, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner, Lew Wilkison, 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, utilising his war experience.

Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife, Martha, carrying on with his brother, Cole, who also has a Mexican moll in town. Parrish eventually gets the upper hand, and when the Wilkisons' daughter, Judith, 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.

Cast

• Glenn Ford as John Parrish
• Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Wilkison
• Edward G. Robinson as Lew Wilkison
• Brian Keith as Cole Wilkison
• Dianne Foster as Judith Wilkison
• May Wynn as Caroline Vail
• Richard Jaeckel as Wade Matlock

External links

• The Violent Men at the Internet Movie Database