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Man Without a Star (1955)

89 min  -  Western   -  10 April 1955 (Japan)
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Dempsey Rae, a cowboy with no clear aim in life, winds up working on a spread with a hard lady owner just arrived from the East... See full summary »

Director:

King Vidor

Writers:

Borden Chase (screenplay), D.D. Beauchamp (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kirk Douglas ...
Dempsey Rae
Jeanne Crain ...
Reed Bowman
Claire Trevor ...
Idonee
William Campbell ...
Jeff Jimson ('Texas')
Richard Boone ...
Steve Miles
Jay C. Flippen Jay C. Flippen ...
Strap Davis
Myrna Hansen Myrna Hansen ...
Tess Cassidy
Mara Corday Mara Corday ...
Moccasin Mary
Eddy Waller Eddy Waller ...
Tom Cassidy (as Eddy C. Waller)
Sheb Wooley Sheb Wooley ...
Latigo
George Wallace George Wallace ...
Tom Carter
Frank Chase Frank Chase ...
Little Waco
Paul Birch Paul Birch ...
Mark Toliver
Roy Barcroft Roy Barcroft ...
Sheriff Olson
William 'Bill' Phillips William 'Bill' Phillips ...
Cookie (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
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Storyline

Dempsey Rae, a cowboy with no clear aim in life, winds up working on a spread with a hard lady owner just arrived from the East. She needs a tough new top hand and uses all her means of persuasion to get Rae to take the job. But he doesn't like the way the other settlers are getting treated and starts to side with them, despite their introduction of the barbed wire he loathes. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Barbed Wire | Drifter | Ranch | Friendship | Homestead  | See more »

Taglines:

a love-bargain is like barbed-wire...fight it and you'll get hurt!

Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Mit stahlharter Faust See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the first films that Kirk Douglas made through his production company. The film went on to become a box office hit. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: When Dempsey Rae and Jeff Jimson are rousted off the train near the beginning of the movie, they are standing in front of a boxcar that has a registration mark painted on the side indicating it was built in December 1923. However, the movie is set in the old West of the late 19th century. See more »

Quotes

[Dempsey has just given Jeff Jimson a quick-draw and gun-twirling lesson]
Jeff Jimson: Aw, Demps, when do I learn THAT?!
Dempsey Rae: You don't. That's all a lotta hogwash, kid. Look, know this: twirlin' a gun never saved a man's life. There's only one thing you gotta learn. (Pulls his gun and fires) Get it out fast! And then...put it...away...slow. Get what I mean, kid?
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Soundtracks

"And the Moon Grew Brighter and Brighter"
Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy
Music by Lou Singer See more »