The Violent Men

The Violent Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRudolph Maté
Screenplay byHarry Kleiner
Based onSmoky Valley
1955 novel
by Donald Hamilton
Produced byLewis J. Rachmil
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byMax Steiner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • January 26, 1955 (1955-01-26) (New York City)
  • February 20, 1955 (1955-02-20) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,950,000 (US)[2]

The Violent Men is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, and May Wynn.[3][4][1][5] Based on the 1955 novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton,[6][4] its storyline involves a ranch owner who comes into conflict with the land grabbing tactics of the big local rancher, whose tense marriage threatens his family's stranglehold over the region.

  1. ^ a b Blottner 2015, p. 241.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, 25 January 1956
  3. ^ "The Violent Men". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Beck 2008, p. 332.
  5. ^ Darby 2009, p. 97.
  6. ^ Hamilton, Donald (1976). Smoky Valley (Reissue ed.). United States: Fawcett Publications. ISBN 978-0449136775.