The Iron Sheriff (1957)
The whole town crawled under his gun...
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.
- Date of release
- 1957-04-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Sidney Salkow
Casting
- Sterling Hayden — Sheriff Samuel Galt
- Darryl Hickman — Benjie Galt
- Constance Ford — Claire
- John Dehner — Roger Pollack
- Kent Taylor — Phil Quincy
- Will Wright — Judge
- Walter Sande — Marshal Ellison
- Frank Ferguson — Holloway
- King Donovan — Leveret
- Mort Mills — Sutherland
- Kathleen Nolan — Kathi Walden
- I. Stanford Jolley — Gene Walden
Interesting facts
The Iron Sheriff is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden.
Production
The film was originally known as The Trial of Benjie Galt. Filming started 22 October 1956.
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