THE MAN FROM LARAMIE
DIRECTED BY ANTHONY MANN
PRODUCED BY WILLIAM GOETZ
WILLIAM GOETZ PRODUCTIONS
COLUMBIA PICTURES
Information From IMDb
Plot Summary
Mysterious Will Lockhart delivers supplies to storekeeper
Barbara Waggoman at Coronado, an isolated town in Apache country.
Before long, he's tangled with Dave Waggoman,
vicious son of autocratic rancher Alec and cousin of sweet Barbara.
But he sticks around town, his presence a catalyst
for changes in people's lives, searching for someone he doesn't know
...who's been selling rifles to the Apaches.
Written by Rod Crawford
Full Cast
James Stewart ... Will Lockhart
Arthur Kennedy ... Vic Hansbro
Donald Crisp ... Alec Waggoman
Cathy O'Donnell ... Barbara Waggoman
Alex Nicol ... Dave Waggoman
Aline MacMahon ... Kate Canady
Wallace Ford ... Charley O'Leary
Jack Elam ... Chris Boldt
John War Eagle ... Frank Darrah
James Millican ... Tom Quigby
Gregg Barton ... Fritz
Boyd Stockman ... Spud Oxton
Frank DeKova ... Padre
Jack Carry ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Bill Catching ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Frank Cordell ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Frosty Royce ... Mule Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Dr. Selden (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Philip Yordan (screenplay) &
Frank Burt (screenplay)
Thomas T. Flynn (Saturday Evening Post story)
Original Music
George Duning
Cinematography
Charles Lang
Trivia
The last of James Stewart's Western collaborations with Anthony Mann.
The film has been described as a western version of King Lear.
Goofs
* Continuity: When Will Lockhart and Barbara Waggoman walk together in town, Will Lockhart stops close to a pole but doesn't lean against it; however, he is seen leaning against the pole in the next shot.
* Continuity: In the end of the movie, the cart loaded with guns is standing close to the edge of a hill. Will Lockhart and Vic Hansbro push it forward, but in the next shot from the bottom of the hill, the cart is in the same place.
* Anachronisms: Just after Lockhart battles the guy trying to knife him in town, the store Indian runs up a ladder. The ladder clunks and is metal, not pine poles as it should be.
* Continuity: During one of the fight scenes, Dave is seen bending slightly with his gun pulled from its holster. There is a quick cut, and then back to Dave where he reaches to pull his gun from its holster when it had already been removed.
* Continuity: When Lockhart first encounters Dave at the salt flats, Dave fires his gun several times and we hear mules squealing as if in pain; Vic later states that Dave killed twelve of his mules, but even when all the characters exit the scene in long shot, there is not one dead mule visible, much less twelve.
* Factual errors: Two of Dave's men are holding Lockhart as Dave prepares to shoot Lockhart's hand. One of the two men is in the direct line of fire, and since Dave is shooting Lockhart's hand at point blank range, the bullet would have gone through his hand and struck Dave's henchman.
* Factual errors: When Lockhart meets Alex, he says that there are 12 dead mules and 3 burned wagons. When Lockhart goes to the Barb to collect, Alex says wagons are worth $75 and mules $20, so he owes Lockhart $600. 3 wagons x $75 equals $225 and 12 mules x $20 equals $240. $240 plus $225 equals $465, not $600.
Filming Locations
Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
New Mexico, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA
Taos, New Mexico, USA
Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, USA