Lawman

Name: Lawman
Genre: Adventure, Western
Released: August 4, 1971
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Albert Salmi, Burt Lancaster, John Beck, John McGiver, Lee J. Cobb

1971

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United Artists | Release Date: August 4, 1971 | GP

Starring: Albert Salmi, Burt Lancaster, John Beck, John McGiver, Lee J. Cobb, Ralph Waite, Richard Jordan, Robert Duvall, Robert Ryan, Sheree North

Summary: A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.

Director: Michael Winner

Genre(s): Adventure, Western

Rating: GP

Runtime: 99 min

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Lancaster, as usual, is a highly convincing marshal, tough and taciturn. Ryan is also excellent as the faded, weak marshal with only memories. But it’s Cobb who quietly steals the film as the local boss who, however, unlike in many such films, is no ruthless villain. Read full review

The Telegraph Alice Vincent

While the film has a deadly end, Lawman exchanges the typical good vs. evil narrative of Western films for one of moral ambiguity and humanity, and ultimately presents the question of whether murder can ever be justified. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A humorless Greek-tragedy western with little going for it save its inexorable momentum toward the obvious end. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Winner should have told us a lot more about his lawman, or a lot less. Read full review

Howard Thompson

A potent but curiously exasperating Western. Read full review

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Would-be thoughtful Western which ultimately resorts to killing and ketchup to make up for its lack of style and originality. Read full review

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