Man of the West

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

Cast

Gary Cooper

as Link Jones

Julie London

as Billie Ellis

Lee J. Cobb

as Dock Tobin

Arthur O'Connell

as Sam Beasley

Jack Lord

as Coaley

John Dehner

as Claude Tobin

Royal Dano

as Trout

Robert J. Wilke

as Ponch

Joe Dominguez

as Mexican Man (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Willie (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Another Intelligent Western from Anthony Mann. Link Jones is on his way to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher, having left his wife and children behind, Link appears to be the epitome of the simple honest man. However, the train he is on is robbed by outlaws, thus meaning that Link's past and his...

CinemaSerf

This is a much grittier western than I am used to from Anthony Mann; giving Gary Cooper much more to get his teeth into than the usual, simple, gun-slinging fayre. He plays a reformed outlaw who is caught up in a train ambush. "Link" escapes with two other passengers and makes his way to an old home...

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