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Powered by JustWatch. I'm not sure whether Burt Lancaster plays the good guy or the bad guy in "Lawman," but maybe that's the point. He plays a hard, cold, sullen law-and-order type, who sides with justice against mercy at every opportunity, and he causes a lot of unnecessary grief before the movie's over.
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...
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- Michael Winner
- R
- Burt Lancaster
LAWMAN is the precursor to DEATH WISH: Lancaster's actions border on vigilantism under cover of his tin star. The dangers of excessive implementation of the law are obvious but LAWMAN's merit is that it avoids moral judgements.
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.
- Michael Winner
- 97
- 3 min
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Critical. References. Notes. External links. Lawman (film) Lawman is a 1971 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb and Robert Duvall . Plot synopsis. Drunken cowhands from the town of Sabbath are shooting up the western town of Bannock.
- $3 million
- March 11, 1971
- Michael Winner
- Jerry Fielding
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.
38 ★★★★★ ratings (2%) ★★★★★. Follow Follow our industry partners for film news and the latest on new releases. View Profiles. While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death.
