The Violent Men

The Violent Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rudolph Maté
Produced by	Lewis J. Rachmil
Written by	Harry Kleiner
Based on	Smoky Valley 1954 novel by Donald Hamilton
Starring	Glenn Ford Barbara Stanwyck Edward G. Robinson Dianne Foster Brian Keith May Wynn Warner Anderson
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	W. Howard Greene Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	January 26, 1955 (1955-01-26)
Running time	96 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,950,000 (US)^[1]

The Violent Men is a 1955 Technicolor CinemaScope Western film drama directed by Rudolph Maté, based on the novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton, and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. The storyline involves a bickering married couple at odds with cattlemen in their small town. The supporting cast features Brian Keith and Dianne Foster.

Plot

Parrish (Glenn Ford), a Union Army ex-officer, plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, Caroline (May Wynn), but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner, Lew Wilkison (Edward G. Robinson), and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. When one of Parrish's hands is murdered, he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience.

Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife, Martha (Barbara Stanwyck), carrying on with his brother, Cole (Brian Keith), who also has a Mexican moll in town. Parrish eventually gets the upper hand, and when the Wilkisons' daughter, Judith (Dianne Foster), comes to understand what her family is like and what Parrish has been up against, she realizes they can join forces as peaceful neighbors and perhaps more.

Cast

Glenn Ford as John Parrish
Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Wilkison
Edward G. Robinson as Lew Wilkison
Brian Keith as Cole Wilkison
Dianne Foster as Judith Wilkison
May Wynn as Caroline Vail
Richard Jaeckel as Wade Matlock
Warner Anderson as Jim McCloud
Basil Ruysdael as Tex Hinkleman
Lita Milan as Elena
James Westerfield as Sheriff Magruder
Jack Kelly as DeRosa
Willis Bouchey as Sheriff Martin Kenner
Harry Shannon as Purdue

Music

The song 'Violent men'^[2]from the 2012 Lazarus & The Plane Crash album Horseplay is based on the film.

References

↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__a7HvL2jmk

External links

The Violent Men at the Internet Movie Database
The Violent Men at AllMovie
The Violent Men at the TCM Movie Database
The Violent Men at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Rudolph Maté

It Had to Be You (1947)
The Dark Past (1948)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Branded (1950)
The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
The Green Glove (1952)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Paula (1952)
The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Second Chance (1953)
Forbidden (1953)
Siege at Red River (1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
The Violent Men (1955)
The Far Horizons (1955)
The Rawhide Years (1955)
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Port Afrique (1956)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Deep Six (1958)
For the First Time (1959)
Revak the Rebel (1960)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

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