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A Lawless Street is a 1955 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Randolph Scott and Angela Lansbury. The film is also known as The Marshal of Medicine Bend in the United States.[1]

A Lawless Street
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph H. Lewis
Screenplay by	Kenneth Gamet
Story by	Brad Ward
Based on	The Marshal of Medicine Bend 1953 novel by Brad Ward
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Randolph Scott Angela Lansbury
Cinematography	Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1955 (1955-12-15) (USA)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The marshal of Medicine Bend, Calem Ware (Randolph Scott), tries to keep peace in a lawless town whilst trying to prevent himself from being killed. The arrival of a show troupe re-unites the marshal with someone from his past, leading to a showdown with his would-be killers and his old flame, Tally Dickinson (Angela Lansbury).

A secret conspiracy to oust the marshall exists between saloon owner Cody Clark (Emery) and Hamer Thorne (Anderson), owner of the music hall where Lansbury is appearing. Thorne fancies himself a ladies' man and is playing several women at once—Lansbury and Parker; the lonely, middle-aged wife of a wealthy rancher (Bell) and a Scott ally.

Marshall Scott gets into a brutal fistfight with Dooley (Megowan), the brother of a man the Marshall killed in self-defense, Dooley is impressed enough by the beating he took that he also becomes the Marshall's ally.

Emery and Anderson finally resort to bringing in a hired gun (Pate---"don't call me that!") to kill Scott. Scott loses a gunfight to Pate, but he is only unconscious from a bullet that creased his head. Scott's friends keep him concealed in the town jail until he is recovered enough to fight back.

The town goes through a brief period of lawlessness, but Parker discovers Anderson's true nature and offers to turn State's Evidence. When Scott is recovered, he makes quick work of Pate in a second showdown.

Anderson accidentally kills Emery when he hears a doorknob rattle and assumes Scott is on the other side of the door. A posse catches up with Anderson.

With the town cleaned up for good, Scott resigns as Sheriff and leaves town to renew his relationship with Lansbury. who now understands better about Scott's devotion to duty.

Cast

• Randolph Scott as Marshal Calem Ware
• Angela Lansbury as Tally Dickinson
• Warner Anderson as Hamer Thorne
• Jean Parker as Cora Dean
• Wallace Ford as Dr. Amos Wynn
• John Emery as Cody Clark
• James Bell as Asaph Dean
• Ruth Donnelly as Molly Higgins
• Harry Antrim as Mayor Kent[1]
• Michael Pate as Harley Baskam[1]
• Don Megowan as Dooley

See also

• List of American films of 1955

References

External links

• A Lawless Street at IMDb
• A Lawless Street at AllMovie
• A Lawless Street at the TCM Movie Database
• A Lawless Street at the American Film Institute Catalog

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