| Tribute to a Bad Man | |
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| Directed by | Robert Wise |
| Screenplay by | Michael Blankfort |
| Based on | Hanging's for the Lucky 1952 story in Argosy by Jack Schaefer |
| Produced by | Sam Zimbalist |
| Starring | James Cagney Don Dubbins Stephen McNally Irene Papas |
| Cinematography | Robert L. Surtees |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million[1] |
| Box office | $2 million[1][2] |
Tribute to a Bad Man is a 1956 American Western film directed by Robert Wise and starring James Cagney about a rancher whose harsh enforcement of frontier justice alienates the woman he loves. It was based on the short story "Hanging's for the Lucky" by Jack Schaefer, the author of Shane.