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Man of the West

IN THE ROLE THAT FITS HIM LIKE A GUN FITS A HOLSTER! GARY COOPER as the MAN OF THE WEST

6.6(248)19581h 40m3

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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Released
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Language
English
  • train robbery
  • grave digging
  • former outlaw
  • old gang
  • gang of outlaws
  • reformed criminal

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Behind the camera

Director

Anthony Mann

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereBrooklyn, New York City17 Sept 1958
    • TheatricalNew York City, New York1 Oct 1958
    • PremiereCinecon Film Festival28 Aug 2008
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical10 Oct 1958
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TheatricalURe-release21 Jan 2007
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical26 Dec 1958
    • TVTPArte26 Oct 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical18West Germany24 Feb 1959
    • TVArte26 Oct 2026
  • HungaryHU

    • TV27 Aug 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical30 Jan 1959
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT4 Feb 1959
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical128 May 1959
    • Physical12DVD2 Jul 2008
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1225 Jun 1959
    • Theatrical (limited)M/12Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa4 Feb 2025
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical159 Feb 1959

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Man of the West was released on 1 October 1958.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    5/29/2017

    8/10

    Another Intelligent Western from Anthony Mann. Link Jones is on his way to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher, having left his wife and children behind, Link appears to be the epitome of the simple honest man. However, the train he is on is robbed by outlaws, thus meaning that Link's past and his dubious family ties are all careering towards a day of reckoning. This was Anthony Mann's second to last foray into …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/4/2024

    6/10

    This is a much grittier western than I am used to from Anthony Mann; giving Gary Cooper much more to get his teeth into than the usual, simple, gun-slinging fayre. He plays a reformed outlaw who is caught up in a train ambush. "Link" escapes with two other passengers and makes his way to an old homestead - only to find it occupied by the men who attacked the train; and that they are his former gang. His uncle "Dock" …

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