Tension at Table Rock

When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.

Cast

Richard Egan

as Wes Tancred

Dorothy Malone

as Lorna Miller

Cameron Mitchell

as Sheriff Fred Miller

Billy Chapin

as Jody Burrows

Royal Dano

as Harry Jameson

Edward Andrews

as Kirk

John Dehner

as Hampton

DeForest Kelley

as Jim Breck

Joe De Santis

as Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)

Angie Dickinson

as Cathy Murdock

Reviews

John Chard

The Ballad of Wes Tancred. Tension at Table Rock is directed by Charles Marquis Warren and is adapted to screenplay by Winston Miller from the novel "Bitter Sage" written by Frank Gruber. It stars Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin, Royal Dano, Edward Andrews and John De...

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