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Synopsis: While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken, trail-weary cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident. Maddox, however, will not compromise even though small ranchers like Vern Adams are not in a position to desert their responsibilities for a long and protracted trial. Sabbath's marshal, Cotton Ryan, is an aging lawman whose tough reputation rests on a single incident that occurred years before. Ryan admits to being only a shadow of what he once was and incapable of stopping Maddox. Maddox confides to Ryan that Bannock's judicial system is weak and corrupt, and while he's doubtful that anyone he brings back will suffer more than the price
Genre: Western
Director(s): Michael Winner
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
1971
99 min
Website
402 Views


Mr. Dusaine

is the legal expert.

He takes care

of all such matters.

Thank you, minister.

Good morning.

My, it's beautiful.

Oh! That's him!

Mr. Dusaine?

You have the deed maps

for this territory.

I'd like to see them.

And who, pray tell,

told you...

the minister.

Well, Im afraid that I would

need written permission

before I could allow you

to examine such documents.

Sir! I shall call

the marshal.

You do that.

Thank you, Mr. Dusaine.

Don't try to

soften me up, cotton.

Doesn't your lawman

want to talk?

Take it easy, Harvey.

Yes or no?

Why do you want

to push things

until they break,

Stenbaugh?

Let Bronson handle it.

You gonna

mealy-mouth,

or are you

gonna tell me?

He won't trade.

You can have your say

in bannock.

Did you crawl, Ryan?

I wasn't asked to.

I told Vince you weren't

the man to carry this.

Where is Maddox?

Climb down, Harvey.

You can't ride this man.

Run to hell, why don't you?

Maddox?

I'm Harv Stenbaugh.

Well, lawman?

What's your name, son?

Crowe wheelwright.

I've no business with you.

You've got business with me.

Drop that

gun belt.

I'm taking

you in.

No, you're not.

You got 2 ways

to move, lawman.

Run...

or take me.

Don't make me kill you, son.

What are you gonna

do about this?

He's shooting 'em

down in the street.

You all know

why you're here.

What I want to know is

what are we gonna do?

He wants to know what

we're going to do.

Marc Corman

and Harvey Stenbaugh

were our friends.

Do we care about

our friends?

Corman's widow, my sister,

and the little ones,

do we care about them?

Are we just gonna stand

around here and talk?

Talk never moved a thing

or pulled a stump.

Are we gonna stand

around and wait

while this killer

shoots down

whoever he wants

in our town?

He's a lawman.

What? What?

How do we

know that?

Anyway, he ain't

the lawman here.

What happened

in bannock months ago

is of no concern

to us,

but we must respect

the law.

As your mayor, I say we

gotta protect our own.

This man has got

to be stopped.

What you got

in mind,

Harris?

We all go over to

the hotel, all of us,

and we go

meaning business,

and that means

going armed.

And we can tell Maddox

to get out of town.

Now, now,

wait a minute, Luther.

That sounds

like vigilante talk.

Shouldn't we stay

within the limits of...

Sam, Sam. It seems to me

that you, as mayor,

should be giving lead,

you know,

not trying to keep

your head on straight.

This town owes

Vince Bronson a lot.

Legally speaking,

there is a precedent

for forming

a citizens committee.

Only if there's

been a breakdown

in the formal

law services.

Well, Ryan is

broken down enough

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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a band leader, Wilson wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. more…

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