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Director:
Anthony Mann
Writers:
Philip Yordan (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
31 August 1955 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Western See more »
Tagline:
THE MAN You'll Never Forget! See more »
Plot:
A stranger defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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NewsDesk:
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

James Stewart ... Will Lockhart

Arthur Kennedy ... Vic Hansbro

Donald Crisp ... Alec Waggoman

Cathy O'Donnell ... Barbara Waggoman
Alex Nicol ... Dave Waggoman
Aline MacMahon ... Kate Canady
Wallace Ford ... Charley O'Leary

Jack Elam ... Chris Boldt
John War Eagle ... Frank Darrah
James Millican ... Tom Quigby
Gregg Barton ... Fritz
Boyd Stockman ... Spud Oxton

Frank DeKova ... Padre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beulah Archuletta ... Woman at Indian Wedding (uncredited)
Jack Carry ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Bill Catching ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Frank Cordell ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Frosty Royce ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Dr. Selden (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anthony Mann 
 
Writing credits
Philip Yordan (screenplay) &
Frank Burt (screenplay)

Thomas T. Flynn (Saturday Evening Post story)

Produced by
William Goetz .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
George Duning 
 
Cinematography by
Charles Lang (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
William A. Lyon  (as William Lyon)
 
Art Direction by
Cary Odell 
 
Set Decoration by
James Crowe 
 
Makeup Department
Clay Campbell .... makeup artist
Helen Hunt .... hair styles
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Holland .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
George Cooper .... sound
John P. Livadary .... recording supervisor (as John Livadary)
 
Stunts
Bill Catching .... stunts (uncredited)
Frank Cordell .... stunts (uncredited)
Harry Froboess .... stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator
Morris Stoloff .... conductor
 
Other crew
Henri Jaffa .... Technicolor colour consultant
 
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U (passed with cuts) | USA:Approved (certificate #17217) | Iceland:16 | Hungary:14 | Norway:16 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:PG | UK:U (video rating) (1986) (2000) | Netherlands:14 (original rating) (1955) | Germany:12 (DVD rating)
Filming Locations:
Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USASee more »
Company:
Columbia Pictures CorporationSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The film has been described as a western version of King Lear.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: In the end of the movie, the cart loaded with guns is standing close to the edge of a hill. Will Lockhart and Vic Hansbro push it forward, but in the next shot from the bottom of the hill, the cart is in the same place.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Will Lockhart:Whoa! Whoa! Whoa. We'll camp here for the night.
Charley O'Leary:We can go a coupla more miles 'fore sundown.
Will Lockhart:We'll camp here!
Charley O'Leary:You're the boss.
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
You Scum!, 16 November 2009
Author: JohnRouseMerriottChard from United Kingdom

Will Lockhart {James Stewart} leaves his home in Laramie on a mission to find out who was responsible for selling repeating rifles to the Apaches who killed his brother. Landing in Coronado, New Mexico, he finds that most of the territory is owned and ruled by Alec Waggoman {Donald Crisp}, a fierce patriarchal rancher with one loose cannon son, Dave {Alex Nicol} and another surrogate son, Vic Hansboro {Arthur Kennedy} running the Barb Ranch. As he digs deeper, Lockhart finds he is in the middle of two wars, one of which may eventually conclude his revenge fuelled mission.

The Man From Laramie is the last of the five Westerns that director Anthony Mann made with leading man James Stewart. The only one filmed in CinemaScope, it is a visually stylish picture that is full of brooding psychological themes and boasts great acting and a tight script. It's no secret that Mann, before his sad death, was looking to make a Western King Lear, The Man From Laramie serves as a delicious starter to what would have been the main course. With its family dilemmas and oedipal overtones, Mann's Western is very Shakespearian in tone. That its characters are sumptuously framed amongst a harsh dangerous landscape further fuels the psychological fire; with the landscapes {terrificly photographed by Charles Lang} providing a link to the characters emotional states. So many scenes linger long and hard in the memory {none of which I would dare to spoil for would be new viewers}, so much so they each reward more upon subsequent revisits to the film. There's some minor quibbles down the pecking order; for instance Cathy O'Donnell as Barbara Waggoman is poor and contributes little to proceedings, but really it remains a quality piece of psychological work that barely gives us reason to scratch the itch.

Taut, tight and tragic is The Man From Laramie, brought to us courtesy from the dynamite partnership of Mann & Stewart. 9/10

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