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.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.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.
Jaclynne Greene
- Paula Morrison
- (as Jacklyn Green)
Fred Aldrich
- Blacksmith
- (uncredited)
Lane Bradford
- Kettering Henchman
- (uncredited)
Doyle Brooks
- Bannerman Cowhand
- (uncredited)
George DeNormand
- Jesse Taylor
- (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe screenplay for Stranger on Horseback (1955) is based on a story by Louis L'Amour.
- GoofsMarshals Office was spelled Marshall's Office.
- Alternate versionsAlthough contemporary sources indicate that the picture was shot in Ansco Color, the viewed print was in black-and-white. Two versions exist---one Ansco color; one black and white.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hilde Knef - Ein Weltstar aus Berlin (2012)
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Joel McCrea and John Carradine
1954's "Stranger on Horseback" was shot in Sedona AZ in the rarely used Ansco color process, rather than the far more popular Cinecolor. Joel McCrea is the star, playing circuit judge Richard Thorne, arriving in a town ruled by the Bannerman clan, investigating a shooting death where no arrests have been made. Trouble begins when Thorne learns that Tom Bannerman (Kevin McCarthy) was the shooter, his father Josiah (John McIntire) unwilling to allow any lawman to bring his offspring to trial. The beautiful Miroslava commands the screen as Amy Lee Bannerman, whose allegiance wavers under the judge's influence. Although a star in Mexico, she was actually Czech-born, a sad suicide only two weeks prior to this film's release. A year away from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the amiable Kevin McCarthy just isn't the right actor to play a slimy villain (all the bad guys are rather colorless). Legendary scene stealer John Carradine is in typical form, playing the tailor-made role of Colonel Buck Streeter, indeed a trial run for his Cassius Starbuckle in 1962's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," seedy Southern prosecutor aiding the judge while staying close to the Bannermans (he disappears from the film once the cross country journey begins).
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- kevinolzak
- Jan 21, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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