The Long Rope
Cast & Crew
William Witney
Hugh Marlowe
Alan Hale Jr.
Robert J. Wilke
Lisa Montell
Chris Robinson
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Synopsis
Federal court judge Jonas Stone arrives in the frontier town of Tularosa to try Manuel Álvarez, a young Mexican storekeeper accused of murdering the brother of Ben Matthews, the local land baron. The rancher has so dominated the weak-willed sheriff that Stone is left to investigate the case on his own. Despite Ben Matthews' attempts to prevent a fair trial, and the eagerness of another brother, Will, to lynch Álvarez, Stone interrogates the "witnesses" until he finally forces a confession from the defendant's mother-in-law, Señora Dona Vega. The deranged woman had hoped to see Álvarez convicted and lynched, thereby leaving her daughter, Alicia, free to marry Matthews and regain the lands he had taken from the Vega family. Following the trial, Matthews storms from the courthouse and challenges the judge to a gun-battle. The sheriff, who has regained his courage, tries to intervene, and Matthews kills him. Aided by a young gunslinger, Reb Gilroy, Stone tricks Matthews and then arrests him for the sheriff's murder. With law and order restored, the judge leaves Tularosa to continue his circuit.
Director
William Witney
Cast
Hugh Marlowe
Alan Hale Jr.
Robert J. Wilke
Lisa Montell
Chris Robinson
Jeffrey Morris
David Renard
Madeleine Holmes
John Alonzo
Jack Powers
Kathryn Hart
Jack Carlin
Scott Randall
Stephen Welles
Linda Cordova
Alex Cordellis
Crew
Vic Appel
Margia Dean
Paula Giokaris
Robert Hamner
Peter Johnson
Harold E. Knox
Monroe Liebgold
John Mansbridge
Kay Norton
Terrys L. Olender
Frankie Ortega
Ernie Park
Paul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Ira Stewart
Billy Vernon
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Notes
Music credit for Frankie Ortega is unconfirmed.
