---
title: 'Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1956-04-13'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tribute-to-a-bad-man-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049881/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

1956 · 95 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

Tribute to a Bad Man is a 1956 American Western film directed by Robert Wise and starring James Cagney about a rancher whose harsh enforcement of frontier justice alienates the woman he loves. It was based on the short story "Hanging's for the Lucky" by Jack Schaefer, the author of Shane.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Blankfort](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-blankfort)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Sam Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-zimbalist)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert L. Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-surtees)
- **Editor:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters)

## Cast

- [James Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-griffith)
- [Don Dubbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-dubbins)
- [Royal Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/royal-dano)
- [James Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bell)
- [Stephen McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mcnally)
- [Onslow Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/onslow-stevens)
- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney)
- [Irene Papas](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-papas)
- [Chubby Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chubby-johnson)
- [Bud Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-osborne)
- [Vic Morrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/vic-morrow)
- [Lee Van Cleef](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-van-cleef)
- [Jeanette Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-nolan)

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