Lawman

1971 99 min ★ 6.5 Western

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox

Robert Ryan

Sabbath Marshal Cotton Ryan

Lee J. Cobb

Vincent Bronson

Robert Duvall

Vernon Adams

Sheree North

Laura Shelby

Albert Salmi

Harvey Stenbaugh

Richard Jordan

Crowe Wheelwright

John McGiver

Sabbath Mayor Sam Bolden

Ralph Waite

Jack Dekker

John Beck

Jason Bronson

Details

Director

Michael Winner

Tagline

"He gave the West justice right up to its neck... then rammed more down its throat."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Production

Scimitar Films, United Artists

Reviews

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John Chard

June 21, 2017

★ 8/10

I'm a lawman. Do you know what a lawman is, Crowe? He's a killer of men. Lawman is directed by Michael Winner and written by Gerry Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North and Richard Jordan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by Robert Paynter. The Lawman of the title is Jared Maddox (Lancaster), who arrives in the town of Sabbath to ...

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Wuchak

December 28, 2019

★ 8/10

***“Do you know what a lawman is? He's a killer of men”*** A grim marshal (Burt Lancaster) enters the town of Sabbath to apprehend the cattlemen guilty of accidently killing a man during a rowdy celebration while passing through his town. But the lawman finds resistance from everyone because the perpetrators work for the cattle baron (Lee J. Cobb) who “owns” the town and its sheriff (Robert Rya...

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CinemaSerf

May 21, 2023

★ 6/10

Whilst Michael Winner has certainly assembled quite a formidable cast here, the story is itself pretty derivative and unremarkable. It all centres around Sheriff "Maddox" (Burt Lancaster) who pursues some ranch-hands to a neighbouring town after their boisterous behaviour resulted in the death of an old man. This town "Sabbath" has a marshal of it's own in "Ryan" (an underused Robert Ryan) who is ...