Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1955-03-22
Genre:Western
Duration:66 min
Director:Jacques Tourneur
Actors:Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire, John Carradine
Production:Robert Goldstein Productions, United Artists, Leonard Goldstein

Overview:

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

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