Warlock( 1959)

TV-MAWestern

67%

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Wherever you've been ... Whatever you've seen ... You've never run into anything like Warlock.

Overview

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Widmark
Johnny Gannon
Henry Fonda
Clay Blaisedell
Anthony Quinn
Tom Morgan
Dorothy Malone
Lily Dollar
Dolores Michaels
Jessie Marlow
Wallace Ford
Judge Holloway
Tom Drake
Abe McQuown
Richard Arlen
Bacon
DeForest Kelley
Curley Burne
Regis Toomey
Skinner
Vaughn Taylor
Henry Richardson
Don Beddoe
Doctor Wagner
Whit Bissell
Petrix
Bartlett Robinson
Buck Slavin
Joe Turkel
Chet Haggin (uncredited)
Robert Adler
Foss (uncredited)
Joel Ashley
Murch (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
Edward Calhoun (uncredited)
June Blair
Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
Townsman (uncredited)
Wally Campo
Barber (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Bartender (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Comi
Luke Friendly (uncredited)
Walter Coy
Deputy Sheriff Ray Thomson (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville
Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
L.Q. Jones
Fen Jiggs (uncredited)
Frank Gorshin
Billy Gannon
Gary Lockwood
Gang Member (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Professor (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Bob Nicholson (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Townsman (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed May 07 2014

Rock of ages comes to Warlock in Dmytryk's excellent adult Western. Warlock is a small town suffering from visits by a gang of thugs led by Abe McQuown. The honest townsfolk meet and decide to hire infamous gunslinger Clay Blaisedell to act as a Marshal. Blaisdell, aided by his trusty companion Tom Morgan, proceeds to clean up the town and promptly takes control of the gambling and dance parlour. But things are rarely straight forward in a town of this type, one of the thugs (Johnny Gannon) decides to reform himself and takes on the role of legal sheriff. Things are further complicated when ...