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Stranger on Horseback

5.819551h 6mNRMovieWestern

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

DirectorJacques Tourneur
WritersHerb Meadow·Don Martin
ProducerRobert Goldstein

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Cast · Directed by Jacques Tourneur

JMJoel McCrea
Joel McCrea
Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
MMiroslava
Miroslava
Amy Lee Bannerman
KMKevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
Tom Bannerman
JMJohn McIntire
John McIntire
Josiah Bannerman
JCJohn Carradine
John Carradine
Col. Buck Streeter
NGNancy Gates
Nancy Gates
Caroline Webb
EMEmile Meyer
Emile Meyer
Sheriff Nat Bell
RCRobert Cornthwaite
Robert Cornthwaite
Arnold Hammer
JGJaclynne Greene
Jaclynne Greene
Paula Morrison
WBWalter Baldwin
Walter Baldwin
Vince Webb
ELEmmett Lynn
Emmett Lynn
Barfly
RRRoy Roberts
Roy Roberts
Sam Kettering

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