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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Steve Forrest | ... | James Devlin | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Josiah Lowe | |
| Will Geer | ... | Nameless | |
| Sharon Acker | ... | Carrie Gault | |
| Brendon Boone | ... | Billy Irons | |
| Rafael Campos | ... | Father Alvaro | |
| BarBara Luna | ... | Soledad Villegas (as Barbara Luna) | |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Lew Halleck | |
| Ray Teal | ... | Judge Homer Bayne | |
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Bobby Eilbacher | ... | Benjamin Gault |
| William Bryant | ... | Dr. Lawrence Nye (as Bill Bryant) | |
| Steven Marlo | ... | Joe 'Patch' Janney | |
| John Mitchum | ... | Eubie Turpin | |
| Michael Masters | ... | Deputy Sheriff | |
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Bill Catching | ... | Executioner |
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A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch. Written by Anonymous
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James Devlin: I don't like you.
Lew Halleck: Lots of people don't. I still do business with them.
James Devlin: I don't like your way of doing.
Lew Halleck: Well, a man can't eat the walnuts unless he cracks a few shells.
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Pilot for a series that was to have starred Steve Forrest, but was never picked up. See more »Quotes
Lew Halleck: You don't understand, Devlin. I mean to hire you.James Devlin: I don't like you.
Lew Halleck: Lots of people don't. I still do business with them.
James Devlin: I don't like your way of doing.
Lew Halleck: Well, a man can't eat the walnuts unless he cracks a few shells.
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13 March 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The title role of The Hanged Man is played by Steve Forrest who plays a notorious gunfighter who was duly hanged for a crime he committed and declared dead. But the only problem was the report of his demise was greatly exaggerated. Whether he was cut down too soon or the rope wasn't tight enough or some unseen power intervened, point is that Forrest is still walking around and breathing. And he's reflecting on a new chance at life because his old life had led him up thirteen steps to the hangman's noose. And he's legally dead.
His first chance at redemption comes in helping widow Sharon Acker and her little boy Bobby Eilbacher fight off the designs of mining tycoon Cameron Mitchell. He's not too squeamish about his methods and has young gunslinger Brendon Boone on his payroll who despite the mystique surrounding Forrest is eager for showdown.
This unsold TV pilot which was produced by Bing Crosby didn't break any new ground and westerns on television were getting scarce. Around this time Bonanza and Gunsmoke ended their runs and the few that have succeeded them up to this time haven't had their staying power. Speaking of Bonanza this was Ray Teal's farewell role and Bonanza fans will remember his semi-regular presence as sheriff Roy Coffey of Virginia City.
The Hanged Man might have been picked up for a television series fifteen years earlier when westerns were a glut on the market. As it is western fans will have little reason to complain.