Three Violent People

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Capt. Colt Saunders

Anne Baxter

as Lorna Hunter Saunders

Gilbert Roland

as Innocencio Ortega, Grand Vacaro

Tom Tryon

as Beauregard 'Cinch' Saunders

Forrest Tucker

as Deputy Commissioner Cable

Bruce Bennett

as Commissioner Harrison

Elaine Stritch

as Ruby LaSalle

Barton MacLane

as Yates

Peter Hansen

as Lt. Marr

John Harmon

as Mr. Massey

Reviews

Wuchak

Soapy Western with lusty acting and quality cast RELEASED IN 1956 and directed by Rudolph Maté, "Three Violent People" is a Western that focuses on an ex-Rebel officer (Charlton Heston) who returns home to his west Texas ranch with a new, but secretly-tarnished bride (Anne Baxter). He contends wi...

John Chard

You know, you're the first person to understand I got hurt that day. Three Violent People is directed by Rudolph Maté and adapted to screenplay by James Edward Grant from a story co-written by Leonard Praskins and Barney Slater. It stars Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland and Forrest Tu...

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