
Lawman
A grim, deliberate western that plays like a slow tightening of a noose, all hard faces and moral standoffs.
- Directed by
- Michael Winner
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb
- Tagline
- He gave the West justice right up to its neck... then rammed more down its throat.
- 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.
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- Directed by
- Michael Winner
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb












