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The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Director: John Sturges

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From Time Out Film Guide

A highly watchable Western - probably Sturges' best - stunningly shot by Robert Surtees, and with an excellent script by William Bowers (The Gunfighter, Support Your Local Sheriff) which breathes new life into the old yarn about the outlaw-turned-sheriff (Taylor) trying to resist the blandishments of a former colleague he rescues from hanging (Widmark), who then relentlessly tries all he knows to coax/force his old buddy into helping him locate the whereabouts of the buried proceeds of a bank robbery they pulled. Widmark (especially) and Taylor are both excellent, and the climactic Indian attack (with shoot-out) in a ghost town is superbly staged.

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Cast & crew

Director: John Sturges

Producer: William Hawks

Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva full cast

Genre(s): Westerns

Duration: 86 mins


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