The Proud Ones (1956)

6.5/10 • 94 min • Western

Overview

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.

Cast

Robert Ryan

Marshal Cass Silver

Virginia Mayo

Sally

Jeffrey Hunter

Thad Anderson

Robert Middleton

Honest John Barrett

Walter Brennan

Jake

Arthur O'Connell

Jim Dexter

Rodolfo Acosta

Chico

Ken Clark

Pike

George Mathews

Dillon

Fay Roope

Markham

Edward Platt

Dr. Barlow

Whit Bissell

Mr. Sam Bolton

Robert Adler

Poker Player (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Billy Smith (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Houseman (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Townsman (uncredited)

Jackie Coogan

Man on Make (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

George, trail boss (uncredited)

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