The Hanged Man

A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.

Cast

Steve Forrest

as James Devlin

Dean Jagger

as Josiah Lowe

Will Geer

as Nameless

Sharon Acker

as Carrie Gault

Brendon Boone

as Billy Irons

Rafael Campos

as Father Alvaro

BarBara Luna

as Soledad Villegas

Cameron Mitchell

as Lew Halleck

Ray Teal

as Judge Homer Bayne

Bobby Eilbacher

as Benjamin Gault

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