Warlock (1959)
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57% of users liked it
(1,796 ratings)
Warlock offers us a mean-spirited, mercenary Henry Fonda and an honest, peaceloving Richard Widmark. A Wyatt Earp-like frontier marshal, Fonda agrees to protect the small town of Warlock from an outlaw gang, but only if he's permitted to plunder the town's cash reserve. Widmark, the town… More Warlock offers us a mean-spirited, mercenary Henry Fonda and an honest, peaceloving Richard Widmark. A Wyatt Earp-like frontier marshal, Fonda agrees to protect the small town of Warlock from an outlaw gang, but only if he's permitted to plunder the town's cash reserve. Widmark, the town deputy, is a reformed outlaw whose willingness to fend off the invading criminals is motivated by his fondness for his new neighbors. Looming large in the proceedings is Anthony Quinn as the glory-grabbing Fonda's sidekick. Adapted by Robert Alan Aurthur from a novel by Oakley Hall, Warlock is a good example of the "thinking man's westerns" prevalent in the late 1950s-early 1960s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Dmytryk
- Written By
- Robert Alan Arthur, Oakley Hall III, Robert Alan Aurthur
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 1, 1959 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Arguably the best film made by Edward Dmytryk.
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Cast
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Richard Widmark
as Johnny Gannon
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Henry Fonda
as Clay Blaisdell
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Anthony Quinn
as Tom Morgan
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Dorothy Malone
as Lilly Dollar
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Dolores Michaels
as Jessie Marlow
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Wallace Ford
as Judge Holloway
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Tom Drake
as Abe McQuown
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Richard Arlen
as Bacon
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DeForest Kelley
as Curley Burne
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Regis Toomey
as Skinner
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Vaughan Taylor
as Richardson
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Don Beddoe
as Dr. Wagner
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Whit Bissell
as Mr. Petrix
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Bartlett Robinson
as Slavin
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J. Anthony Hughes
as Shaw
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Don 'Red' Barry
as Edward Calhoun
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Frank Gorshin
as Billy Gannon
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Ian MacDonald
as MacDonald
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Stan Kamber
as Hutchinson
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Robert Adler
as Foss
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Joel Ashley
as Murch
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June Blair
as Dance Hall Girl
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Wally Campo
as Barber
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Paul Comi
as Friendly
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Walter Coy
as Deputy Thompson
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Ann Doran
as Mrs. Richardson
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Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Bob Nicholson
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Robert Osterloh
as Professor
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James Philbrook
as Cade
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Hugh Sanders
as Sheriff Keller
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Mickey Simpson
as Fitzsimmons
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Joe Turkel
as Chet Haggin
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David Garcia
as Pony Benner
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L.Q. Jones
as Jiggs
