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Good Day for a Hanging

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Good Day for a Hanging
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1hr 25min
Genres:
Action,Western
Release:
1958
Director:
Nathan Juran
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes, Robert Vaughn  ...more
Synopsis: The Springdale, NE, bank is held up and robbed by a well organized gang. One of the members is Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn), a onetime resident of the town and orphan who was brought up in part by Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), an ex-lawman-turned-rancher. While pursuing the robbers, the town marshal, Hiram Cain (Emile G. Meyer), is shot dead by Campbell, who in turn is wounded and captured by Cutler. The town council appoints Cutler as temporary marshal, and the prosecution seems like an open-and-shut ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
Nathan Juran wasn't known for his Westerns, but he did well by the genre on Good Day for a Hanging (1958). Of course, he was fortunate in having a good script, by Daniel B. Ullman and Maurice Zimm from a short story by John Reese, which owes a fair amount to High Noon. And Henry Freulich's color cinematography (non-anamorphic widescreen) never looks too pretty, attaining a decent level of realism that ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Fred MacMurray
Ben Cutler
Maggie Hayes
Ruth Granger
Robert Vaughn
The Kid
Joan Blackman
Laurie Cutler
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