The Violent Men (1955)
- Directed by
- Rudolph Maté
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 59 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A small ranch owner fights against a powerful local rancher who uses strong-arm tactics to take land. The big rancher's unhappy marriage adds pressure to his grip on the area.
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What happens
The Violent Men is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, and May Wynn. Based on the 1955 novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton, its storyline involves a ranch owner who comes into conflict with the land grabbing tactics of the big local rancher, whose tense marriage threatens his family's stranglehold over the region. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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