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The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

1956Movie⏱️ 1h 22m
DramaWestern
5.6
IMDB Rating
127 votes

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his ...

Director
Ted Post
Writers
Richard Poole, Hal Richards, Jay Ingram
Stars
James Mitchell, Rosemarie Stack, Jan Merlin
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

James Mitchell
James Mitchell
as Terrall Butler
Rosemarie Stack
Rosemarie Stack
as Ann Davis
Jan Merlin
Jan Merlin
as Viggo Tomlin
Jess Barker
Jess Barker
as Ed Halcomb
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders
as Lathe Sawyer
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Herbert Patterson
as Gray Arnett
Dorothy Patrick
Dorothy Patrick
as Edith Sawyer
Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes
as Mr. Wren
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
as Sheriff Ben Seale
Philip Tonge
Philip Tonge
as Elijah Maddox

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Hal R. Makelim Productions

🏷️ Keywords

based on novelex convictreformationrancherpreacher

🎯 Categories

DramaWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Peace and Sleep Maker
by searchanddestroy-12023-03-31

"Well, this first movie directed by Ted Post, a future very prolific film maker for TV industry mostly, this western is not bad at all, but unfortunately too smooth for my taste. I call this an oater. Good acting, directing, photography. But I admit to prefer tougher stories, more brutal, more action packed. This remains a western, it's not RG Springsteen's COME NEXT SPRING nor Jacques Tourneur's STARS IN MY CROWN. Good character depiction, I repeat, this movie can easily find its audiences but as the totle says, this is certainly not a posse scheme with gunfights.... A psycholog..."

💡 Did You Know?

After an extensive career directing episodic television throughout the early 1950s, this was the first theatrical feature films directed by Ted Post.

📖 Synopsis

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his ...