The Long Rope

The Long Rope (1961)

The roaring story of a frontier town where lawlessness made its last stand!

A judge in a murder trial, believing the defendant is innocent, sets out to find the real killer.

Date of release
1961-03-26
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 1m
Genres
Western
Director
William Witney

Casting

Interesting facts

The Long Rope is a 1961 American Associated Producers Inc Western film directed by William Witney and written by Robert Hamner. The film stars Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale, Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Chris Robinson, William Kerwin and Jeff Morris. The film was released in February 1961, by 20th Century Fox.

Production

The film was produced by Margia Dean, who had appeared in a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. She started up her own production company, Margot Productions. She hired William Witney to direct because she had worked with him on The Secret of the Purple Reef. "He was likeable and worked well with actors", she later said. "He was capable and within the price range, so I hired him... He did a good job."

Dean later announced she would produce Hailstorm Country for 20th Century Fox but the film was not made.

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