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Synopsis: Howard Kemp is a bounty hunter who's been after killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. Along the way, Kemp is forced to take on a couple of partners, an old prospector named Jesse Tate and a dishonorably discharged Union soldier, Roy Anderson. When they learn that Vandergroat has a $5000 reward on his head, greed starts to take the better of them. Vandergroat takes every advantage of the situation sowing doubt between the two men at every opportunity finally convincing one of them to help him escape.
Genre: Thriller, Western
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1953
91 min
261 Views


i won't do anything wrong...

of course

you won't, honey.

I decided how it

was gonna be with us

when i took you in.

Boys must be

having trouble finding their way.

Ain't lost

my touch.

Think i'll try

for a pair.

Quiet, now.

Here they come.

That's better,

howie.

Stand together,

boys.

[Struggling]

Howie!

Lina's hurt bad.

She caught a ricochet,

and she's bleeding

something awful.

How about a truce

so i can fix her up?

What do you say, howie?

[Scraping]

Aah!

[Gunshot]

Lina!

Lina! You all right?

I didn't know

what to do.

W-where is...

kemp!

Roy!

Roy!

I got him!

I got him!

Come in alone.

We'll pull him in after!

Stop it!

Ben's dead!

Ain't that enough?

[Lina]

Log!

Look out!

Let go of him!

Look out!

Aah!

Cut him loose, howie!

I'm takin' him back!

This is what i came after,

and now i've got it!

No partners,

like i started.

He's going to pay

for my land!

Jesse and roy

and him!

They're dead!

Finished!

Ben's not dead ifu take him back!

He'll never be dead

for you!

I don't care anything

about that.

The money,

that's all i care about!

That's all i've

ever cared about.

Roy, he called the tune...

he said, "face up to it."

That's what i'm doin'.

That's what i'm doin'!

Maybe i don't fit

your ideas of me,

but that's the way i am!

All right, if that's

the way you want it,

i'll ride with you...

i'll ride with you

all the way.

I'm taking him back!

I know!

I'll marry you.

I'll go with you.

I'll even live on that land with you.

What else do you

want from me?

Why?

Tell me why.

I'm taking him back,

i swear it.

I'm going to sell him

for money.

You still want to

try california?

If you want.

That's it, then.

I'll fix some of

jesse's coffee for you.

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Sam Rolfe

Samuel Harris "Sam" Rolfe (February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the high rated CBS television series Have Gun – Will Travel, as well as his work on the 1960s NBC television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Eleventh Hour. more…

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