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Man Without a Star
Film posterDirected by King Vidor Produced by Aaron Rosenberg Written by Dee Linford (novel)
Borden Chase
D. D. BeauchampStarring Kirk Douglas
Jeanne Crain
Claire Trevor
William CampbellStudio Universal Pictures Distributed by Universal-International Pictures Release date(s) March 24, 1955 Running time 89 minutes Country United States Language English Man Without a Star is a 1955 western film starring Kirk Douglas as a wanderer who gets dragged into a range war. It was based on the novel of the same name by Dee Linford.
Plot
Easygoing cowboy Dempsey Rae (Kirk Douglas) and his impressionable young friend Jeff Jimson (William Campbell) wander into town and are hired to work for an absentee rancher named Reed Bowman. When Bowman finally shows up, Dempsey is surprised to find that he has been working for a very attractive woman (Jeanne Crain), one who has very ambitious plans. These lead to conflict with her neighbors.
Cast
- Kirk Douglas as Dempsey Rae
- Jeanne Crain as Reed Bowman
- Claire Trevor as Idonee
- William Campbell as Jeff "Texas" Jimson
- Richard Boone as Steve Miles
- Jay C. Flippen as Strap Davis
- Myrna Hansen as Tess Cassidy
- Mara Corday as Moccasin Mary
- Eddy Waller as Tom Cassidy (as Eddy C. Waller)
- Sheb Wooley as Latigo
- George Wallace as Tom Carter
- Frank Chase as Little Waco
- Paul Birch as Mark Toliver
- Roy Barcroft as Sheriff Olson
- William "Bill"' Phillips as Cookie (as Wm. "Bill" Phillips)
External links
- Man Without a Star at the Internet Movie Database
- Man Without a Star at the TCM Movie Database
- Man Without a Star at AllRovi
Categories:- 1955 films
- American films
- English-language films
- 1950s Western films
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by King Vidor
- Films shot in Technicolor
- Western film stubs
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