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Man of the West
UNITED STATES · 1958

Man of the West

Anthony Mann
outlaw redemption western frontier double identity train robbery gang confrontation
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Synopsis

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

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