Lawman

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox

Robert Ryan

as Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan

Lee J. Cobb

as Vincent Bronson

Robert Duvall

as Vernon Adams

Sheree North

as Laura Shelby

Albert Salmi

as Harvey Stenbaugh

Richard Jordan

as Crowe Wheelwright

John McGiver

as Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden

Ralph Waite

as Jack Dekker

John Beck

as Jason Bronson

Reviews

John Chard

I'm a lawman. Do you know what a lawman is, Crowe? He's a killer of men. Lawman is directed by Michael Winner and written by Gerry Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North and Richard Jordan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by Robert Pay...

Wuchak

***“Do you know what a lawman is? He's a killer of men”*** A grim marshal (Burt Lancaster) enters the town of Sabbath to apprehend the cattlemen guilty of accidently killing a man during a rowdy celebration while passing through his town. But the lawman finds resistance from everyone because the ...

CinemaSerf

Whilst Michael Winner has certainly assembled quite a formidable cast here, the story is itself pretty derivative and unremarkable. It all centres around Sheriff "Maddox" (Burt Lancaster) who pursues some ranch-hands to a neighbouring town after their boisterous behaviour resulted in the death of an...

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