"A Killer's Paradise ... then one day a stranger rode in with a challenge ... a stranger the West would never forget !" 22 March 1955 Western 66 mins
A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.
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Joel McCrea as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Miroslava as Amy Lee Bannerman
Kevin McCarthy as Tom Bannerman
John McIntire as Josiah Bannerman
John Carradine as Col. Buck Streeter
Nancy Gates as Caroline Webb
Emile Meyer as Sheriff Nat Bell
Robert Cornthwaite as Arnold Hammer
Jaclynne Greene as Paula Morrison
Walter Baldwin as Vince Webb
Emmett Lynn as Barfly
Roy Roberts as Sam Kettering
George Keymas as Bannerman's Henchman
Fred Aldrich as Blacksmith
Lane Bradford as Kettering Henchman
Doyle Brooks as Bannerman Cowhand
Don Martin Screenplay
Jacques Tourneur Director
Herb Meadow Screenplay
Louis L'Amour Original Story
Jack Byron Makeup Artist
Frank McWhorter Sound Designer
Willon Fields Makeup Artist
Albert Hogsett Art Direction
Victor A. Gangelin Set Decoration
Ray Rennahan Director of Photography
Paul Dunlap Original Music Composer
William B. Murphy Editor
Robert Goldstein Producer
Le juge Thorne fait sa loi Trailer
Finland 22 March 1955
France 04 January 1957
United States 22 March 1955
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01 January 1955
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