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The Lonely Man (1957)

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Jack PalanceJack PalanceJacob Wade
  • Photo of Anthony PerkinsAnthony PerkinsRiley Wade
  • Photo of Neville BrandNeville BrandKing Fisher
  • Photo of Robert MiddletonRobert MiddletonBen Ryerson
  • Photo of Elisha Cook Jr.Elisha Cook Jr.Willie
  • Photo of Claude AkinsClaude AkinsBlackburn
  • Photo of Lee Van CleefLee Van CleefFaro
  • Photo of Harry ShannonHarry ShannonDr. Fisher
  • Photo of James BellJames BellJudge Hart
  • Photo of Adam WilliamsAdam WilliamsLon

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