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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, (more)
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
Synopsis of The Lawless Breed
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Lawless Breed
- 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
- Gertrude Graner - Aunt Em
- Carl Pitti - Sheriff Conlon
- Ned Davenport - Blunt
- George Wallace - Bully Brady
- Hank Worden
- Buddy Roosevelt - Deputy Sheriff
- 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
- Michael Ansara - Gus
- Paul Newlan - Race Track Judge
- Robert Anderson - Wild Bill Hickok
- Thomas E. Jackson - McNelly
- Francis Ford - Old Timer
- Dick Wessel - Marv, the Bartender
- Emory Parnell - Bartender
- I. Stanford Jolley
- Edward Earle - Henry Johnson
- Stephen Chase - Judge
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Writer(s):
- Bernard Gordon
- Producer(s):
- William Alland
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