The Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
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All suspense in The Woman They Almost Lynched would seem to be dissipated by title, but director Allan Dwan holds the viewers spellbound throughout. Part of the tension arises from fact that there are two leading female characters: Kate Quantrill (Audrey Totter), wife of infamous Confederate raider Quantrill (Brian Donlevy), and Sally Maris (Joan Leslie), virginal sister of Kate's ex-lover, saloonkeeper Bitteroot Bill (Reed Hadley). Sally herself falls in love with Lance Horton (John Lund), ostensibly a mine foreman but actually a Southern spy. Rest assured that one of the two ladies is going to wind up with a noose around her neck for keeping "bad" company -- and that the other will somehow come to the rescue. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Lund - Lance Horton
- Audrey Totter - Kate Quantrill
- Ben Cooper - Jesse James
- Nina Varela - Mayor Delilah Courtney
- Fern Hall - 2nd Woman
- Jim Davis - Cole Younger
- Ann Savage - Glenda
- Nacho Galindo - John Pablo
- Gordon Jones - Sergeant
- Post Park - Driver
- Ted Ryan - Soldier
- Carl Pitti - Hangman
- Jim Hawkins - Boy
- James Kirkwood - Old Man
- Brian Donlevy - William Quantrill
- Joan Leslie - Sally Maris
- James Brown - Frank James
- Ellen Corby - 1st Woman
- Minerva Urecal - Mrs. Stewart
- Reed Hadley - Bitterroot Bill Maris
- Virginia Christine - Jenny
- Dick Simmons - Captain
- Frank Ferguson - Bartender
- Tom McDonough - Quantrill's Henchman
- Richard Crane - Lieutenant
- Joe Yrigoyen - Guard
- Paul Livermore - Bill Anderson
- Director(s):
- Allan Dwan
- Writer(s):
- Steve Fisher, Michael Fessier
- Producer(s):
- Allan Dwan
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