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The CinemaScope film was based on a novel of the same name written by Frank O'Rourke. Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) is a rancher who has been pursuing the four outlaws who murdered his wife for six months. He rides into the town of Rio Arriba, where four men, Alfonso Parral (Lee Van Cleef), Bill Zachary (Stephen Boyd), Ed Taylor (Albert Salmi) and Lujan (Henry Silva), fitting the description are in jail awaiting execution, so that he can see the hanging. The town has issued instructions to only allow the hangman (Joe DeRita) to enter, so Jim is taken to Sheriff Eloy Sanchez's (Herbert Rudley) office to state his business. The town has never had an execution before, so they have brought in a man from outside town to do the job. The sheriff allows Jim into the jail to see the men. They claim they had never seen him before, but he has the face of a hunter.

A Powerful Western Tale of Revenge and Redemption

Genres: Action, Drama, Western

Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Henry Silva

Released: June 25, 1958

Runtime: 98.0

Popularity Rating: 2.759

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

United States of America

Jim Douglass Gregory Peck
Josefa Velarde Joan Collins
Lujan Henry Silva
Alfonso Parral Lee Van Cleef
Padre Andrew Duggan
Bill Zachary Stephen Boyd
Ed Taylor Albert Salmi
Emma Steimmetz Kathleen Gallant
Tom Barry Coe
Gus Steimmetz George Voskovec
Sheriff Sanchez Herbert Rudley
Primo, Deputy Sheriff Ken Scott
John Butler Gene Evans

Camera — Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy
Directing — Director: Henry King
Sound — Original Music Composer: Lionel Newman
Writing — Novel: Frank O'Rourke
Writing — Screenplay: Philip Yordan