Man of the West

directed by Anthony Mann
Category: "Western"
Year of Release:1958
Date Added:01/01/2013
Date Watched:01/01/2013
Description:Link Jones (Gary Cooper) is an ex-outlaw who travels to find a teacher for his small town. On the way, his train is attacked. He and Billie (Julie London), a singer, are stranded in the wilderness. Link heads to one of his old outlaw haunts, only to find his old gang. To protect Billie, he is forced to join them in a bank robbery attempt. But the bank has been abandoned. Link manages to kill the gang members one by one. Billie is raped, but determined to go on. She has fallen in love with Link but realizes he has a family and she can never be with him.
My Rating:6

Reviews for Man of the West

Review - Man of the West

A whole lot of over-acting, and Cooper's character just lumbers around like an idiot for most of the movie, putting himself and the woman in danger and doing little to get them out.
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