
Overview:
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.Status: | Released (1971-03-11) |
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BoxOffice: | $5,940,000 |
Screen: | Gerald Wilson |
Productions: | Scimitar Films, United Artists |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

Casts
- 13784: Burt Lancaster - Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
- 8253: Robert Ryan - Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan
- 5248: Lee J. Cobb - Vincent Bronson
- 3087: Robert Duvall - Vernon Adams
- 41251: Sheree North - Laura Shelby
- 12692: Albert Salmi - Harvey Stenbaugh
- 12518: Richard Jordan - Crowe Wheelwright
Crews
- 19244: Michael Winner - Director - Directing
- 94851: Gerald Wilson - Writer - Writing
- 19244: Michael Winner - Producer - Production
- 1263: Lynn Stalmaster - Casting - Production
- 14456: Robert Paynter - Director of Photography - Camera
- 19245: Frederick Wilson - Editor - Editing
- 352394: Stan Jolley - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
I'm a lawman. Do you know what a lawman is, Crowe? He's a killer of men. Lawman is directed by Michael Winner and written by Gerry Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North and Richard Jordan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematograp ....
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***“Do you know what a lawman is? He's a killer of men”*** A grim marshal (Burt Lancaster) enters the town of Sabbath to apprehend the cattlemen guilty of accidently killing a man during a rowdy celebration while passing through his town. But the lawman finds resistance from every ....
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Whilst Michael Winner has certainly assembled quite a formidable cast here, the story is itself pretty derivative and unremarkable. It all centres around Sheriff "Maddox" (Burt Lancaster) who pursues some ranch-hands to a neighbouring town after their boisterous behaviour resulted in ....
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