The Hangman

1959

Drama / Western

6
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1371 1.4K

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Plot summary

A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.

Director

Michael Curtiz Photo
Michael Curtiz

Top cast

Stuart Holmes Photo
Stuart Holmes as Hotel Guest
Regis Toomey Photo
Regis Toomey as Orderly
Betty Lynn Photo
Betty Lynn as Molly - Waitress
Frank Mills Photo
Frank Mills as Yard Worker
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
793.07 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 2
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 7 / 10

_**Town-bound B&W Western with Robert Taylor and Ginger**_

_**Town-bound B&W Western with Robert Taylor and Ginger**_ An uncompromising marshal known as ‘the Hangman’ (Robert Taylor) rides into a town to apprehend a suspect (Jack Lord), but needs a witness to identify him and so enlists a struggling young woman (Tina Louise). Fess Parker plays the sheriff of the town. While "The Hangman" (1959) is a town-bound Western and hindered by the flat B&W photography, the story is good, which is the most important part. You get to know the characters and the film leaves you with a good feeling. Tina Louise was only 23 during shooting (almost 24) and looks great, not to mention a convincing actress. Five or six years later she would start her 3-year run in Gilligan’s Island. Shirley Harmer is also notable on the feminine front as Kitty, the wife of Johnny Bishop. If you like Robert Taylor, be sure to check him out in the eponymous role of “The Law and Jake Wade” (1958), a standout 50’s Western. The movie is short & sweet at 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot at Old Tucson, Arizona, and Paramount Studios & Ranch, California. GRADE: B/B-
Reviewed by John Chard 7 / 10

Marshal Mac Bovard - The Hangman. The Hangman

Marshal Mac Bovard - The Hangman. The Hangman is directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Dudley Nichols and Luke Short. It stars Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker and Jack Lord. Music is by Harry Sukman and cinematography by Loyal Griggs. Marshal Bovard (Taylor) arrives in town to identify and arrest the last of four outlaws who robbed a Wells Fargo stage. Unfortunately for Bovard, the man he seeks is very popular with everyone in town and nobody is keen to help the Marshal do his job. It is thought, and on reflection it seems likely, that The Hangman is a caustic jab at grassers/finks, with the Hollywood Blacklist never far from the film makers thoughts. Bovard is a grumpy and rough fellow, a jobs-worth who has almost zero faith in the human race. He's confident that the people of this border town wont take much persuading to give up an outlaw, more so as he has money to offer as well. How wrong he is, and the rest of the film follows Bovard as he bangs his head against brick walls, until the banging stops and a light-bulb lights up over his head, perhaps not all people are bad? In truth not a lot happens, there's no action of note, this is more about morality, redemption, human foibles et al. Yet the literary aspects of the story hold tight, keeping the viewers engaged till the end. It's a very nice looking and sounding picture as well, the absence of airy vistas is not a hindrance as Curtiz and Griggs utilise the interiors for some psychological results that deftly suit the narrative's pointed edges. While the sound mix and musical accompaniments achieve the best results possible to aid the tale. It's a strange one in that it's more a film in a Western setting than being overtly a Western, it's also a little subversive. It even throws something of an annoying curve ball at the finale, though the makers were probably chuckling away to themselves about this as well. Great and sexy turns from the lead actors sees the material safely onto a healthy grazing pasture, to make it a recommended picture to fans of the stars and of literary Oaters. 7/10
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

“Bovard” (Robert Taylor) is a marshal with a

“Bovard” (Robert Taylor) is a marshal with a reputation for always getting his man dangling on the end of a rope. His arrival in this small town, though, presents him with rather an unique problem: “Johnny” (Jack Lord) is the man he is trying to track down, but he doesn’t know him nor than he quite possibly had nothing at all to do with the robbery for which he is to hang, So, even with an offer of $500 for information on his identity, “Johnny” isn’t going to be readily surrendered by his fellow townsfolk. Working together with the local sheriff (Fess Parker) he clearly has his work cut out for him, and that just gets messier following the conflicted intervention of widowed “Selah” (Tina Louise) whom both lawmen take a shine to. The latter, younger and more striking man, more behaves more instinctively whilst the former - older, more cynical and now nursing an unwanted bullet-wound, is more considerate but also more erratic. Now Taylor is no great shakes here, indeed none of the menfolk really shine. It’s actually more a film for Tina Louise to monopolise as she delivers a performance that serves as quite a potent fulcrum for more of a character study of her two would-be suitors than anything adventurous with guns a-popping. The plentiful dialogue can drag a little, but for the most part it sustains the plot well amidst an otherwise rather pedestrian presentation. It’s rare to see a western that tries to humanise it’s characters to quite this extent, and this one works quite well.
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