Man of the West poster
Director Anthony Mann
Screenplay Reginald Rose

Man of the West

Tagline: IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST

Release Date: 1958-06-20

Duration: 100 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gary Cooper
    Link Jones
  • Lee J. Cobb
    Dock Tobin
  • Arthur O'Connell
    Sam Beasley
  • Jack Lord
    Coaley
  • Royal Dano
    Trout
  • Robert J. Wilke
    Ponch
  • Emory Parnell
    Henry (uncredited)
  • John Dehner
    Claude Tobin
  • Tom London
    Tom (uncredited)
  • Ann Kunde
    Train Passenger (uncredited)