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Day of the Outlaw

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In the quiet frontier town of Bitters, Wyo., a dispute between cattleman Blaise Starrett and farmer Hal Crane is about to boil over into a bloody feud. But the fighting takes a back seat to a new threat when a rogue cavalry captain, Jack Bruhn, rides into town with his band of thugs. Now, with the citizens of Bitters held hostage by Bruhn and his men, Starrett must somehow rescue his town and restore his broken reputation.

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Fred Camper Chicago Reader Jun 15, 2022
Day of the Outlaw has the stark all-encompassing quality of a late, fully developed style... Go to Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Feb 27, 2025
4/5
An unusually demanding and complicated and unsettling film for what isn't technically a B-Western, though it has a family resemblance. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2020
3.5/4.0
Harlan, best known for working with Howard Hawks and his work on To Kill a Mockingbird, magnificently captures what may very well be one of the best scenes from the 1950s. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Aug 30, 2019
4/4
André de Toth's black-and-white winter Western Day of the Outlaw is a flat-out masterpiece, filled with nuance and visual splendor. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Parallax View Jun 20, 2015
... one of the toughest, most tension-filled pictures from Andre de Toth, a studio filmmaker who could be counted on to bring a savage edge to his assignments. Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Jan 1, 2011
Tragic Western with remarkable Winter landscapes and powerful lessons about non-violence. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nov 12, 2023 Really good western set in the mountains has Tina Louise from Gilligans island Burl Ives in both in an outstanding job. Highly recommend this one James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, November 12, 2023. See more SICKS6SIX @sicks6six Jun 29, 2022 The red round people score it 100% WOW that's rare and so is this film, made the year I was born 1959 making it 61 years young, one of the best action westerns ever made, watch it and learn how to make a good film, everyone is unlikeable and everyone is dirty and smelly unwashed and drunk, just how it was, but there is a hero and as you watch you want him to win, A tense thriller, it has been colourized and the scenery looks like it was filmed yesterday, the snow capped mountains the brown wooden shacks the dull drab clothing, no clean cut cowboys in this film, if Roy Rogers is your thing you will hate this film, on the other hand if realism is what you like, watch and enjoy, See more Dec 24, 2021 I did not like it all and I can remember her in it still. She was all wrong for the part. I think her best work was gilligans island. They made her famous not the d rated movies she was in, including this one. See more Bill B @RT01438538 Dec 13, 2020 Good but not great. Lots of good actors and some exceptional scenes, like the memorable mountain suicide trek, but the story ultimately lacks believability as the bad guys are just TOO rotten to ever have been an organized unit. See more deke p @RT96675217 Mar 16, 2019 Saw pm tv 3.16.19. Pretty good, tho lots of plot is not esxactly how people would act. & Horses struggle in deep deep snow. Were any horses harmed?? + Burl Ives very good as the badmen leader. These days they would show the rape scenes, instead of a ruff hoe-down dance. See more s r @ScottR Oct 31, 2015 Gritty and realistic in its portrayal of the remote parts of Wyoming and the lawlessness that exists there. See more Read all reviews
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Andre de Toth

Director

Robert Ryan

Blaise Starrett

Burl Ives

Jack Bruhn

Tina Louise

Helen Crane

Alan Marshal

Hal Crane

Nehemiah Persoff

Dan

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Synopsis In the quiet frontier town of Bitters, Wyo., a dispute between cattleman Blaise Starrett and farmer Hal Crane is about to boil over into a bloody feud. But the fighting takes a back seat to a new threat when a rogue cavalry captain, Jack Bruhn, rides into town with his band of thugs. Now, with the citizens of Bitters held hostage by Bruhn and his men, Starrett must somehow rescue his town and restore his broken reputation.
Director
Andre de Toth
Producer
Sidney Harmon
Screenwriter
Philip Yordan
Production Co
Security Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 20, 2016
Runtime
1h 31m
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