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The Lonely Man (1957)

The Lonely Man poster
Directed by
Henry Levin
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging gunslinger tries to build a new life with a son who resents him. But his violent past keeps catching up with them.

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What happens

The Lonely Man is a 1957 American Western film directed by Henry Levin and written by Harry Essex and Robert Smith. The film stars Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Elaine Aiken, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Elisha Cook, Jr., Claude Akins and Lee Van Cleef. The film was released on June 21, 1957, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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