Valdez Is Coming
1971
Search results
Rating
An old man was killed, probably by accident. And now Lancaster wants to bring the boys back to stand trial. The boys, however, work for Lee J. Cobb, and so does everybody else in town, including the marshal ( Robert Ryan ). So Lancaster has problems. Most of them are with his personality.
73% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 63% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings During a drunken spree in the small Wild West town of Bannock, one of a half-dozen workers from a nearby ranch accidentally shoots an...
- (10)
- Michael Winner
- R
- Burt Lancaster
LAWMAN is a pretty decent American-made western, shot in Mexico by director-for-hire Michael Winner who doesn't get much chance to show off his later style, although the film is perhaps a little grimmer, a little grittier, a little more grounded in reality than usual.
People also ask
Is lawman a good movie?
Who are the actors in Lawman?
Was Lawman a Western?
Where can I watch lawman?
Maddox meets the local sheriff, Cotton Ryan (Robert Ryan), a once-esteemed lawman who has fallen into disgrace and now shamefully acts as a flunky for Bronson. He attempts to persuade Maddox that pursuing his goal of arresting men at the risk of his life will be a fool's errand.
Aug 4, 1971 · Lawman: Directed by Michael Winner. With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall. A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.
- (5.9K)
- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Michael Winner
- 1971-08-04
Variety described it as "a quite entertaining film that never hits many high spots but will amuse western addicts," adding, "Lancaster, as usual, is a highly convincing marshal, tough and taciturn. Ryan is also excellent as the faded, weak marshal with only memories.
But 1971's "Lawman" is a surprisingly classy (for Winner) Western that you could comfortably watch with family members who are fans of the genre—the script offers some great laconic Western dialogue and there are no brutal sexual assaults tossed in here just so Winner can get his jollies off.
