The Man from Laramie (1958)

Directed by Anthony Mann. With James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell. A stranger, Will Lockhart, defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.

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The Man from Laramie is a 1955 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, and Cathy O'Donnell.

The official trailer to the 1955 western The Man From Laramie, staring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, and Cathy O'Donnell. In the public domain...

Anthony Mann directed this brilliant psychological Western reminiscent of Shakespeare's +King Lear. James Stewart plays Will Lockhart, who is obsessed with finding the man who sold automatic rifles to the Apaches, resulting in the death of his brother. Will enters the town of Coronado, NM, ruled by the blind and aging patriarch Alec Waggoman (Donald Crisp). Unaware that he is trespassing on Waggoman's land, he finds himself accosted by Alec's sociopathic son, Dave (Alex Nicol), who brutally beats Will and is ready to kill him. But Will is rescued at the last minute by Waggoman's adopted son, Vic Hansbro (Arthur Kennedy). Will finds that Waggoman has become increasingly concerned over who will inherit his vast empire.

Overview of The Man from Laramie, 1955, directed by Anthony Mann, with James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, at Turner Classic Movies

To know Anthony Mann the filmmaker is to know the Anthony Mann Western. An exploration of his 1955 James Stewart entry in the genre.

Will Lockhart (James Stewart) becomes entangled in the happenings of Coronado, an isolated western town, after delivering supplies there. He is especially involved with the Waggomans, an influential ranching family, and begins his search for someone selling rifles to the local Apaches, only to find out it is the son of the most powerful man in the area. It is at this point that his troubles begin.

TELLURIDE, Colo. Jimmy Stewart came all the way up here to the mountains last weekend to honor a man who has been dead for almost 20 years. As you might have expected, most of the applause was for Stewart.

Basically, the plot concerns the search by James Stewart, army captain on home from leave, for the man guilty of selling repeating rifles to an Apache tribe. The rifles had been used to wipe out a small cavalry patrol to which Stewart's younger brother had been attached so there is a motive of personal vengeance.