The Lawless Breed (1952)
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The Lawless Breed is based on the exploits of Texas bad man John Wesley Hardin, played here quite convincingly by Rock Hudson. The film takes the Cecil B. DeMille approach of condemning evil by showing as much evil as the censor will allow. After nearly an hour of unrepentant perfidy, Hardin settles down to marry good woman Julie Adams. In middle age, he determines to steer his son clear of outlawry, resulting in a sentimental but non-maudlin finale. Directed by Raoul Walsh, who had given Rock Hudson his first screen role in Fighter Squadron, Lawless Breed was reportedly instrumental in landing Hudson as starring role in George Stevens' Giant (1956). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Rock Hudson - John Wesley Hardin
- Mary Castle - Jane Brown
- Hugh O'Brian - Ike Hanley
- Forrest Lewis - Zeke Jenkins
- Tom Fadden - Chick Noonan
- Richard Garland - Joe Clements
- William Pullen - Joe Hardin
- Michael Ansara - Gus
- Emory Parnell - Bartender
- Thomas E. Jackson - McNelly
- Francis Ford - Old Timer
- Dick Wessel - Marv, the Bartender
- Carl Pitti - Sheriff Conlon
- Ethan Laidlaw - Clerk
- Stanley Blystone - Card Player
- Wheaton Chambers - Doc
- Julie Adams - Rosie
- John McIntire - John Clements
- Dennis Weaver - Jim Clements
- Lee Van Cleef - Dirk Hanley
- Race Gentry - John Hardin, Jr.
- Glenn Strange - Ben Hanley
- Robert Anderson - Wild Bill Hickok
- I. Stanford Jolley
- Ned Davenport - Blunt
- George Wallace - Bully Brady
- Hank Worden
- Buddy Roosevelt - Deputy Sheriff
- Paul Newlan - Race Track Judge
- Gertrude Graner - Aunt Em
- Edward Earle - Henry Johnson
- Stephen Chase - Judge
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Writer(s):
- Bernard Gordon
- Producer(s):
- William Alland
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