Jubal

1956

1h 41m

Western

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100%

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10 Reviews

77%

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1,000+ Ratings

Searching for work, cowboy Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) arrives in a small town, where he badly injures his hand. Fortunately, a local rancher, Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine), is willing to employ Troop despite the injury. Horgan and Troop work together amicably, but Horgan's two-timing wife (Valerie French) threatens to create discord when she becomes interested in Troop, although he really loves another woman. A jealous cowhand (Rod Steiger) complicates matters by spreading lies.

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Variety Staff

Variety

The strong point of this gripping dramatic story set in pioneer Wyoming is a constantly mounting suspense.

Mar 26, 2009

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

[A] taut, neurotic melodrama.

Jan 1, 2000

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

Jubal is a movie of roiling tensions, as the four lead characters constantly are pitted against each other due to jealousy, deceit and misunderstandings.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 9, 2013

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

Just the kind of beautiful world where a man in need of a miracle might find one, and the kind that can be despoiled a few acts of venality.

Rated: 7/10

May 22, 2013

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

an intense drama whose Shakespearean tensions are embodied in the enormity of the Grand Tetons beneath which it unfolds

Rated: 3.5/4

May 15, 2013

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

This is less Shakespeare than Hollywood melodrama in chaps and Daves was a seasoned hand at both genres.

Jul 29, 2007

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Audience Member

Superb film. Don’t be fooled by its age - this stands the test of time because it’s so well written and acted. Very ‘Shakespearean’ in its emotional complexity, you should watch this….

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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rhinohouse

One of Glenn Ford's best, and he's done some fine stuff. Rod Steiger makes one of the all-time despicable villains in this one. And Charles Bronson makes a sympathetic sidekick on the right side. And there is some excellent horsemanship. I enjoyed it and found the tense drama mixed with action and actor chemistry very absorbing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/19/23

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Audience Member

Outstanding one of the best westerns I’ve ever seen Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Valerie French Rod Steiger all did an outstanding job. Yes, I highly recommend it, James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, August 4, 2023.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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Audience Member

TV(BS), R4.1.22 いつの時代も，それぞれの人間の思惑，気持ちが交錯し，人間関係の良しあしや，ねたみ，憎しみ，トラブルなどにつながるのだということを感じる。昔の映画でも，こういう割と大味でない人間的なドラマが繰り広げられる映画は好み。西部劇は割とこういうのが隠れている。

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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ogn d

Is this one of those whatcha call it adult Westerns?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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kevin w

A tiny melodrama played out beneath the towering Grand Tetons, Ford plays a wandering cowpoke taken in by warmhearted ranch owner Borgnine and is prospering except for the attentions of unhappy housewife French. On the sidelines is villain Steiger, only a little overdone, whispering treacheries. It's a competent Western, though held aloft almost entirely by the depth's portrayed by Borgnine's heroic big numbskull.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Searching for work, cowboy Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) arrives in a small town, where he badly injures his hand. Fortunately, a local rancher, Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine), is willing to employ Troop despite the injury. Horgan and Troop work together amicably, but Horgan's two-timing wife (Valerie French) threatens to create discord when she becomes interested in Troop, although he really loves another woman. A jealous cowhand (Rod Steiger) complicates matters by spreading lies.

Director: Delmer Daves
Producer: William Fadiman
Screenwriter: Russell S. Hughes, Delmer Daves
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Runtime: 1h 41m

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