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Stranger on Horseback is a 1955 American Anscocolor Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea. The screenplay is based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It was filmed in and around Sedona, Arizona.
Stranger on Horseback: Directed by Jacques Tourneur. With Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire. 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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- Drama, Western
- Jacques Tourneur
- 1955-06
Stranger on Horseback. Your Price: $14.99. (Usually ships within 24 hours) Buy Me! Movie: DVD | $14.99 | View Cart | Checkout. STARRING: Joel McCrea & Miroslava Stern. DIRECTED BY: Jacques Tourneur. PRODUCED BY: Robert Goldstein. Joel McCrea brings law and order to the range in Stranger on Horseback .
Based on a story by Louis L’Amour, “Stranger on Horseback” stars Joel McCrea as Judge Richard ‘Rick’ Thorne. A voiceover at the beginning informs the audience that a “United States circuit judge needed three things to bring justice to this country – a law book, a horse and a gun” and pilgrim, Judge Rick has all three.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Adapted from a novel by Louis L'Amour, Stranger on Horseback is one of Joel McCrea's shorter western vehicles, zipping merrily along at a mere 66 minutes. McCrea plays a travelling judge who makes it his mission in life to clean up the town of Bannerman.
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Aug 5, 2019 · STRANGER ON HORSEBACK. “The B Western works mostly because Joel McCrea plays his lead role with conviction and the Ansco Color is appealing.”. Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. Decent companion piece to the superior “Stars in My Crown.”. It’s adapted from a story by Louis L’Amour and written by Don Martin and Herb Meadow.
1955. USA. 66 minutes. The first of two superb westerns Tourneur made in 1955 with Joel McCrea (followed by Wichita), this adaptation of a Louis L’Amour story casts the actor as a rugged circuit court judge whose determination to bring the rule of law to an untamed frontier town brings him into conflict with a powerful, proudly defiant family ...
