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Man in the Shadow: Directed by Jack Arnold. With Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander. Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy.
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Man in the Shadow is a 1957 American CinemaScope crime Western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller and Ben Alexander. Plot [ edit ] The cow town of Spurline is effectively ruled by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire ranch.
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Directed by Jack Arnold, Man in the Shadow is a barely disguised allegory of Fascism and corruption on the range that focuses on an earnest sheriff investigating the death of a Mexican laborer who was beaten to death. The trail of evidence leads to the sprawling ranch of Virgil Renchler (Orson Welles), an all-powerful land baron whose hold over ...
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Written by John Chard on August 19, 2017. In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. Faced with an obvious cover-up and opposition on every hand, sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating.