The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Albert C. Gannaway

Writer:

Tom Hubbard (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Tagline:

COLD-EYED STRANGER...a wanted killer who wore a dead marshal's star!

Plot:

Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal...

Plot Keywords:

Marshal | Badge | Epidemic | Stranger | Jail

Cast

Jim Davis	...	Jeff Harlan / The Stranger
Arleen Whelan	...	Murdock
Carl Smith	...	Sheriff Carl Smith
Harry Lauter	...	Dr. Steve Hale, M.D.
Marty Robbins	...	Felipe
Douglas Fowley	...	Marshal Matt Brennan
Lee Van Cleef	...	Shad Donaphin
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Colonel Donaphin
Lawrence Dobkin	...	Chickamon (as Larry Dobkin)
Eddie Crandall	...	Pepe Joe
Darryl Guy	...	George
Rick Vallin	...	Deputy Jody (as Ric Vallon)
Edward Colmans	...	Governor Ainley (as Edward Colemans)
Ramey Idriss	...	Musician (as Ramez Idriss)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | West Germany:0 (nf) | Finland:K-12

Company:

Albert C. Gannaway Productions

Trivia:

The on-screen crediting of Ramey Idriss as the music performer states that he was playing Fender guitars.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the picture, as the good guys make their way back in to town following the clash with the Doniphan's, they're shown heading to Murdock's café, standing alone almost at the edge of the river. However all throughout the picture, Murdock's was right in the middle of town.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sheriff leading posse: Let him go. Even with a price on his head, he isn't worth chasing into Apache land.

Soundtrack:

Man on the Run

A "B" western with a bit of a plot

Jim Davis, later of DALLAS fame, is a gunslinger in this hokey back yard western who assumes the identity of a recently deceased federal marshall when he runs into a town being run by bad guys. He quickly straightens things out and proceeds to move on, but things keep happening to keep him in town. There actually is a plot: the only rancher of any consequence in the area has badly infected cattle, and will kill anyone who tries to interfere. The town doctor stands up to the rancher and Davis and the local sheriff back up the doctor. A young Lee Van Cleef is the ranch owner's sadistic son. The action is intermittent at best and poorly staged, the soundtrack would have better been left without music, and most of the cowboys are clean-shaven and neatly attired in that 1950s Roy Rogers style.