The Lawless Breed

The Lawless Breed
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Screenplay byBernard Gordon
Story byWilliam Alland
Produced byWilliam Alland
Raoul Walsh
StarringRock Hudson
Julie Adams
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byFrank Gross
Music byHerman Stein (composer)
Joseph Gershenson (music supervisor)[1]
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release date
  • January 3, 1953 (1953-01-03) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.3 million (US)[3]

The Lawless Breed is a 1953 American biographical crime Western film produced and distributed by Universal-International, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Rock Hudson and Julie Adams.[2] The film is a romanticized story based on the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.

  1. ^ "The Lawless Bread (1953)". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b The Lawless Breed at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  3. ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954