In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town on hiring him had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
Genre: Western
Stars: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu, Kent Smith, Jacqueline Scott
Crew: Robert Totten (Director), Joseph Calvelli (Screenplay), Lewis B. Patten (Novel), Richard E. Lyons (Producer), Andrew Jackson (Director of Photography), Robert F. Shugrue (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Universal Pictures
Runtime: 94 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 08, 1969
IMDb: 4.682
Keywords:marshal, saloon owner
