The Black Whip

The Black Whip is a post-Civil War Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren. It was released in 1956, starring Hugh Marlowe, Coleen Gray, Adele Mara, Angie Dickinson, Richard Gilden, and Paul Richards.^{[1] [2][3]}

The movie brief describes the movie as "two brothers rescue four dance-hall girls, and encounter trouble from a villain wielding a wicked whip".

The movie depicts the time as April 1867 where post-war derelicts, plunderers, and looters continue their crazed violence out west. The story and screenplay were written by Orville Hampton.

Plot

John Murdock (Paul Richards) is a motorious outlaw who leads the vicious gang known as the Blacklegs. Armed with his signature black whip, he and his men invade a small town, looking to stir up trouble. In between harassing the girls at the saloon and attacking the locals, the Blacklegs are plotting a bigger scheme: kidnapping the governor of Kentucky (Patrick O'Moore) and holding him for ransom. The only man who stands in their way is former Confederate officer Lorn Crowford (Hugh Marlowe).

Cast

• Hugh Marlowe as Lorn Crawford
• Coleen Gray as Jeannie
• Adele Mara as Ruthie Dawson
• Angie Dickinson as Sally Morrow
• Richard Gilden as Dewey Crawford
• Paul Richards as John Murdock
• John Pickard as Sheriff Persons
• Dorothy Schuyler as Delilah Ware
• Charles H. Gray as Chick Hainline (as Charles Gray)
• Sheb Wooley as Bill Lassater
• Strother Martin as Thorny
• Harry Landers as Fiddler
• Patrick O'Moore as Governor
• William Hamel as Constable
• Duane Grey as Deputy Floyd (as Duane Thorsen)
• Rush Williams Jailer Garner
• Howard Culver as Dr. Gillette
• Sid Cutis as Bartender

References

External Links

• The Black Whip at IMDB
• The Black Whip at TCMDB
• The Black Whip at BFI