The Proud Ones
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Robert D. Webb |
Produced by | Robert L. Jacks |
Screenplay by |
Edmund H. North Joseph Petracca |
Based on |
The Proud Ones 1952 novel by Verne Athanas |
Starring |
Robert Ryan Virginia Mayo Jeffrey Hunter |
Music by | Lionel Newman |
Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.4 million[1] |
The Proud Ones is a 1956 DeLuxe Color western CinemaScope film directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Robert Ryan and Virginia Mayo.
Plot summary
Cass Silver (Robert Ryan), marshal of a small Kansas town, is expecting trouble with the arrival of the first Texas trail herds on the newly completed railroad. The town’s new saloon owner, Honest John Barrett (Robert Middleton) is anticipating an increase in business and wants rid of the marshal. To make matters worse, the marshal's deputy, Thad Anderson (Jeffrey Hunter), is the son of a gunfighter that Cass shot years before. Eventually Thad begins to realise the truth about his father and helps the marshal restore law and order to the town.
Cast
- Robert Ryan as Marshal Cass Silver
- Virginia Mayo as Sally
- Jeffrey Hunter as Thad Anderson
- Robert Middleton as Honest John Barrett
- Walter Brennan as Jake
- Arthur O'Connell as Jim Dexter
- Ken Clark as Pike
- Rodolfo Acosta as Chico
- George Mathews as Dillon
- Edward Platt as Dr. Barlow
- Whit Bissell as Mr. Sam Bolton
- Edward Mundy as Saloon Barker
- I. Stanford Jolley as Crooked Card Player
- William Fawcett as Driver
- Richard Deacon as Barber
- Jackie Coogan as Man on the Make
- Harry Carter as Houseman
- Don Brodie as Hotel Clerk
Music
The "Theme from the Proud Ones" written by Lionel Newman, recorded by Nelson Riddle, reached number 39 on the US charts on August 4, 1956. [2]