Day of the Outlaw

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.

Cast

Robert Ryan

as Blaise Starrett

Burl Ives

as Jack Bruhn

Tina Louise

as Helen Crane

Alan Marshal

as Hal Crane

Venetia Stevenson

as Ernine, Vic's Daughter

David Nelson

as Gene, Bruhn's Gang

Nehemiah Persoff

as Dan, Starret's Foreman

Jack Lambert

as Tex, Bruhn's gang

Frank De Kova

as Denver, Bruhn's Gang

Lance Fuller

as Pace, Bruhn's Gang

Reviews

John Chard

There are things worse, ma'am, than dancing with lonely men. Cowboys and ranchers must stick together when a gang of outlaws ride into town intent on causing trouble and abusing the town. Even though the outlaw leader, ex army Captain Jack Bruhn has them under some sort of control, salvation may...

Wuchak

_**Robert Ryan and Ginger stuck in a snowy mountain town beleaguered by rogues**_ A tough cattleman (Robert Ryan) in bleak Bitters, Wyoming, is willing to use deadly force to stop a rancher (Alan Marshal) who’s fencing-in the area, but a band of rogue cavalry men led by Capt. Jack Bruhn (Burl Iv...

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