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The Proud Ones

1956 · 94 min

A steady, character-driven western that builds tension through moral conflict and simmering grudges, with a classic showdown payoff.

Directed by
Robert D. Webb
Genres
Western
Starring
Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter
Tagline
A MAN OF FIERCE PRIDE...and six-guns to match!
Overview
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.

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Directed by
Robert D. Webb
Genres
Western
Starring
Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • power
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Robert D. Webb
Written by
Joseph Petracca, Edmund H. North
Starring
Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton, Walter Brennan, Arthur O'Connell, Rodolfo Acosta, Ken Clark
Music
Lionel Newman
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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