Stranger on Horseback (1955)
A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.
Top billed cast
Joel McCreaJudge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
MiroslavaAmy Lee Bannerman
Kevin McCarthyTom Bannerman
John McIntireJosiah Bannerman
John CarradineCol. Buck Streeter
Nancy GatesCaroline Webb
Emile MeyerSheriff Nat Bell
Robert CornthwaiteArnold Hammer
Jaclynne GreenePaula Morrison (as Jacklyn Green)
Walter BaldwinVince Webb
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