Man Without a Star (1955)

Directed by

King Vidor

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 123 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wandering cowboy takes a job on a ranch owned by a powerful woman. He gets caught up in a range war between cattle drivers and homesteaders.

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What happens

Man Without a Star is a 1955 American Western film starring Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell, Richard Boone, Mara Corday, and Myrna Hansen. Directed by King Vidor, it is based on the novel of the same name, published in 1952 by Dee Linford (1915–1971). A remake was made for television in 1968 entitled A Man Called Gannon. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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