72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Man of the West

Anthony Mann
USA
Synopsis
Link Jones boards a train to go to Ft. Worth to hire a teacher with a large sum of money he has been given by the people of the small Texas town where he lives with his wife and two children. On the train he meets Sam Beasley, a con man, and Billie Ellis, a saloon singer and they tell Jones that she is a schooteacher. The train is robbed by the Tobin gang. After the robbery, Link, Sam and Billie are stranded when the train leaves without them.
Director
Anthony Mann
Screenplay
Reginald Rose
Photography
Ernest Haller
Edition
Richard V. Heermance
Music
Leigh Harline
Cast
Gary Cooper (Link Jones), Julie London (Billie Ellis), Lee J. Cobb (Dock Tobin), Arthur O’Connell (Sam Beasley), Jack Lord (Coaley)
Running Time
100 m.
Country
USA
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