# Man of the West (1958)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Western
**Directed by**: Anthony Mann
**Written by**: Reginald Rose
**Starring**: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner

> *IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Shane without redemption. A reformed gunslinger traveling by train is forced to reconnect with his outlaw past when a robbery goes wrong. Gary Cooper embodies the anguish of a man caught between violence and civility.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread, raw

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