The Man from Laramie (1955)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Philip Yordan (screenplay) &
Frank Burt (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

31 August 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Western

Tagline:

THE MAN You'll Never Forget!

Plot:

A stranger defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.

Plot Keywords:

Apache | Storekeeper | Rifle | Rancher | Massacre

Cast

James Stewart	...	Will Lockhart
Arthur Kennedy	...	Vic Hansbro
Donald Crisp	...	Alec Waggoman
Cathy O'Donnell	...	Barbara Waggoman
Alex Nicol	...	Dave Waggoman
Aline MacMahon	...	Kate Canady
Wallace Ford	...	Charley O'Leary
Jack Elam	...	Chris Boldt
John War Eagle	...	Frank Darrah
James Millican	...	Tom Quigby
Gregg Barton	...	Fritz
Boyd Stockman	...	Spud Oxton
Frank DeKova	...	Padre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Carry	...	Mule driver (uncredited)
Bill Catching	...	Mule driver (uncredited)
Frank Cordell	...	Mule driver (uncredited)
Frosty Royce	...	Mule driver (uncredited)
Eddy Waller	...	Dr. Selden (uncredited)

Directed by
Anthony Mann

Writing credits
Philip Yordan		(screenplay) &
Frank Burt		(screenplay)
Thomas T. Flynn		(Saturday Evening Post story)

Produced by
William Goetz	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
Charles Lang		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William A. Lyon		(as William Lyon)

Art Direction by
Cary Odell

Set Decoration by
James Crowe

Makeup Department
Clay Campbell	....	makeup artist
Helen Hunt	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Holland	....	assistant director

Sound Department
George Cooper	....	sound
John P. Livadary	....	recording supervisor (as John Livadary)

Stunts
Bill Catching	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank Cordell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harry Froboess	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Morris Stoloff	....	conductor

Other crew
Henri Jaffa	....	technicolor color consultant

Production Companies

• William Goetz Productions
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1955) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• People of the State of New Mexico, The  we wish to express our appreciation for the co-operation of, where this picture was filmed (as the people of the State of New Mexico)

Also Known As:

Der Mann aus Laramie (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
L'homme de la plaine (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
De man van de vlakte (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
El hombre de Laramie (Spain) [es]
Hambre de venganza (Chile) [es]
Han kom fra Laramie (Denmark) [da]
I katarameni koilada (Greece) [el]
L'uomo di Laramie (Italy) [it]
Mannen från Laramie (Sweden) [sv]
Msciciel z Laramie (Poland) [pl]
Muukalainen Laramiesta (Finland) [fi]
O Homem Que Veio de Longe (Portugal) [pt]

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Hungary:14 | Norway:16 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #17217)

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

William Goetz Productions

Trivia:

The last of James Stewart's Western collaborations with Anthony Mann.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Will Lockhart and Barbara Waggoman walk together in town, Will Lockhart stops close to a pole but doesn't lean against it; however, he is seen leaning against the pole in the next shot.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Will Lockhart: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa. We'll camp here for the night.
Charley O'Leary: We can go a coupla more miles 'fore sundown.
Will Lockhart: We'll camp here!
Charley O'Leary: You're the boss.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in La boum (1980)

Soundtrack:

The Man From Laramie

Not a Boring Western

One of the series of westerns Anthony Mann made with James Stewart, see also Winchester 73, Bend of The River, Naked Spur, etc. Its also - along with Naked Spur - a superbly shot widescreen movie. Stewart's career has large chunks in which he repeatedly worked with the same directors, and all of them - though radically different in style - brought out fine performances from him: Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and Mann. Mann really extracted the ability of Stewart to be both vulnerable, yet also tough and uncompromising. In this movie our hero tries to find the men who killed his brother, though during his quest he also learns a great deal about himself, and the lengths he will go to to reach the truth. So its a Shakespearean tale of revenge - a classic western theme - set amidst the arid desert and the burning sun. As with all Mann films, the violence when it occurs is sudden and brutal. In this he was years ahead of Tarentino.