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Stranger on Horseback
Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback

A Killer's Paradise ... then one day a stranger rode in with a challenge ... a stranger the West would never forget !

Genres

Western

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

66 mins

Rating

5.441/10

Release Date

22 March 1955

Country

United States of America

Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Miroslava

Miroslava

Amy Lee Bannerman

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

Tom Bannerman

John McIntire

John McIntire

Josiah Bannerman

John Carradine

John Carradine

Col. Buck Streeter

Nancy Gates

Nancy Gates

Caroline Webb

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Sheriff Nat Bell

Robert Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Arnold Hammer

Jaclynne Greene

Jaclynne Greene

Paula Morrison (as Jacklyn Green)

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Vince Webb

Emmett Lynn

Emmett Lynn

Barfly

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Sam Kettering

George Keymas

George Keymas

Bannerman's Henchman

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