"He was a U.S. Marshal but the name they called him was ... The Hangman."17 June 1959Western87 mins
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank.
After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses.
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
Unknown to anybody else but himself The Stranger arrives in an abandoned town where he witnesses the slaughter of Mexican soldiers by a gang led by Aguila.
An army colonel tries to bring peace to a lawless community.
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Marshall Mackenzie "Mac" Bovard (Robert Taylor) has a penchant for catching outlaws and delivering his own brand of justice hence his nickname "The ...
The Hangman - Trailer
Marshall Mackenzie “Mac” Bovard (Robert Taylor) has a penchant for catching outlaws and delivering his own brand of justice hence his nickname “The ...
The Hangman (1964) [Animation]
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Cole Summers - Theme From "The Hangman"
This Burt Bacharach- Hal David tune was inspired by The Hangman" a 1959 Paramount western starring Robert Taylor as a US Marshall out to bring outlaw ...
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In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
The Lourmel couple are taking part in the final round of a TV game show: the wife has to answer questions; if she fails, her husband drives a racing car to make up the lost minutes.
This is a film comprised primarily from footage shot by the exploring team of Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips, nee Bill and Eve Phillips, a minor league version of the better-known Martin and Osa Johnson.
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