A pseudo-marshal, a local doctor and the town sheriff must join forces to battle a greedy cattle-baron whose herd, locally sold, is contaminated with a contagious disease.
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| Jim Davis | ... | 'Brennan' | |
| Arleen Whelan | ... | Murdock | |
| Carl Smith | ... | Sheriff Carl Smith | |
| Harry Lauter | ... | Doc Hale | |
| Marty Robbins | ... | Felipe | |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Marshal Matt Brennan (as Doug Fowley) | |
| Lee Van Cleef | ... | Shad Donaphin | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Col. Donaphin | |
| Lawrence Dobkin | ... | Chicamon | |
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Eddie Crandall | ... | Pepe Joe |
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Darryl Guy | ... | George |
| Rick Vallin | ... | Deputy Jody (as Ric Vallon) | |
| Edward Colmans | ... | Governor Ainley (as Edward Colemans) | |
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Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal. He buries the body and takes the badge and rides on. At the next town, he is mistaken for the dead man, a legendary marshal named Brennan. The town sent for Marshal Brennan because they were facing a crisis that includes among other things an epidemic. The Stranger decides to stay as a way of hiding from the men chasing him. What he does not realize is that when he takes on the Badge of Marshal Brennan, he takes on the responsibilities of Marshal Brennan. Written by carflo
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male female relationship | cattle baron | interrupted hanging | death of lawman | apache indian |Taglines:
MAN OF STEEL...OR TINHORN KILLER! He had to make his play...he was running out of time and territory! See more »Parents Guide:
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14 April 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Sheriff leading posse: Let him go. Even with a price on his head, he isn't worth chasing into Apache land.
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Written by Ramey Idriss, Hal Levy and Albert C. Gannaway
Performed by Carl Smith and Ramey Idriss
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Edited to 29 minutes and retitled Story of a Star as unsold pilot for a proposed Western Anthology television series. See more »Goofs
The last Apache to attack Harlan knocks the gun out of his hand, then tries to knife him. Harlan's gun can be seen in back in his holster during the fight, then disappears again. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sheriff leading posse: Let him go. Even with a price on his head, he isn't worth chasing into Apache land.
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Man on the RunWritten by Ramey Idriss, Hal Levy and Albert C. Gannaway
Performed by Carl Smith and Ramey Idriss
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Jim Davis, later of DALLAS fame, is a gunslinger in this hokey back yard western who assumes the identity of a recently deceased federal marshall when he runs into a town being run by bad guys. He quickly straightens things out and proceeds to move on, but things keep happening to keep him in town. There actually is a plot: the only rancher of any consequence in the area has badly infected cattle, and will kill anyone who tries to interfere. The town doctor stands up to the rancher and Davis and the local sheriff back up the doctor. A young Lee Van Cleef is the ranch owner's sadistic son. The action is intermittent at best and poorly staged, the soundtrack would have better been left without music, and most of the cowboys are clean-shaven and neatly attired in that 1950s Roy Rogers style.