---
title: 'The Violent Men (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rudolph Maté'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-violent-men-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048789/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Violent Men (1955)

1955 · 96 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Violent Men is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, and May Wynn. Based on the 1955 novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton, its storyline involves a ranch owner who comes into conflict with the land grabbing tactics of the big local rancher, whose tense marriage threatens his family's stranglehold over the region.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rudolph Maté](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-mate)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry Kleiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-kleiner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Lewis J. Rachmil](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-j-rachmil)
- **Director of Photography:** [W. Howard Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-howard-greene), [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey)
- **Editor:** [Jerome Thoms](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-thoms)

## Cast

- [Brian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keith)
- [Richard Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jaeckel)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [Willis Bouchey](https://cinepixo.com/people/willis-bouchey)
- [Peter Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hansen)
- [May Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-wynn)
- [Basil Ruysdael](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-ruysdael)
- [James Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anderson)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [James Westerfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-westerfield)
- [Dianne Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-foster)
- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Glenn Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-ford)
- [Warner Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-anderson)
- [Katherine Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-warren)

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