Jubal (1956)
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100% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(1,221 ratings)
Jubal could just as easily have been titled Othello Out West, even though it was officially based on a novel by Paul I. Wellman. The Othello counterpart is likable (and extremely gullible) ranch owner Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine). Horgan hires handsome drifter Cassioer, Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) as… More Jubal could just as easily have been titled Othello Out West, even though it was officially based on a novel by Paul I. Wellman. The Othello counterpart is likable (and extremely gullible) ranch owner Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine). Horgan hires handsome drifter Cassioer, Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) as a cowhand, much to the delight of the film's "Desdemona", Horgan's hedonistic wife Mae (Valerie French). The "Iago" of the proceedings is psychotic ranch hand Pinky (Rod Steiger), who, envious of Jubal and hoping to enjoy Mae's sexual favors, sows the seeds of suspicion in Horgan's mind by falsely accusing Jubal of messing around with Horgan's wife. Amidst all this nastiness, there is at least one wholly virtuous character, pretty Naomi Hoktor (Felicia Farr), so guess who Jubal eventually winds up with? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Delmer Daves
- Written By
- Russell S. Hughes, Paul Wellman, Russell Hughes, Delmer Daves
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 24, 1956 Limited
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
an intense drama whose Shakespearean tensions are embodied in the enormity of the Grand Tetons beneath which it unfolds
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Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online
This is less Shakespeare than Hollywood melodrama in chaps and Daves was a seasoned hand at both genres.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's an intriguing Western with big-time star appeal.
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Cast
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Glenn Ford
as Jubal Troop
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Ernest Borgnine
as Shep Horgan
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Rod Steiger
as Pinky
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Valerie French
as Mae Horgan
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Felicia Farr
as Naomi Hoktor
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Charles Bronson
as Reb Haislipp
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Basil Ruysdael
as Shem Hoktor
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Noah Beery Jr.
as Sam
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John Dierkes
as Carson
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Jack Elam
as McCoy
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Robert Burton
as Dr. Grant
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Robert Knapp
as Jake Slavin
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Juney Ellis
as Charity Hoktor
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Don C. Harvey
as Jim Tolliver
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Guy Wilkerson
as Cookie
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Larry Hudson
as Bayne
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John L. Cason
as Cowboy
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Robert "Buzzy" Henry
as One of the Tolliver Boys
- Michael Laurence
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Anne Kunde
as Girl
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William Rhinehart
as Matt
