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Man Without a Star

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Texas drifter Dempsey Rae (Kirk Douglas) enters Wyoming in search of work as a cattle herder. In his company is another drifter, young Jeff Jimson (William Campbell), whom he mentors in the same line of work. The two find employment on a ranch owned by a steely woman from the East, Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain). When Bowman's increasing, unfenced herds begin crowding out the smaller ranches, violence escalates on the range -- and Dempsey and Jeff must choose which is the lesser of two evils.
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Grant Watson Fiction Machine 01/19/2024
7/10
There is an extremely competent blending of tone and genre to Man Without a Star. When it wants to amuse, it is genuinely funny. When it wants to make a serious point, it is dramatic and intelligent. Go to Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia 08/11/2022
A rather progressive piece of filmmaking. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 11/11/2019
One of the better westerns. Kirk Douglas appears as a banjo-strumming slugger with a fondness for pretty girls and a hatred for barbed-wire fences. With Jeanne Crain, and other worthies. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/02/2008
B-
A conventional range war cowboy story. Go to Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 06/30/2006
4/5
Solid old-fashioned Western. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/26/2005
3/5
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Greg H 11/05/2024 Good slightly comedic cowboy film, of its time. See more Steve D 04/07/2024 Trevor is wasted and the rest didn't interest me at all. See more 06/14/2022 OK I will give the man a star. It was Rotten. See more delysid d 03/23/2022 a great old western with kirk douglas See more 05/05/2012 very weak, boring, useless, lame movie. See more 01/31/2012 A typical no nonsense kinda western. Good performances See more Read all reviews
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King Vidor

Director

Kirk Douglas

Dempsey Rae

Jeanne Crain

Reed Bowman

Claire Trevor

Idonee

Richard Boone

Steve Miles

Jay C. Flippen

Strap Davis

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Synopsis Texas drifter Dempsey Rae (Kirk Douglas) enters Wyoming in search of work as a cattle herder. In his company is another drifter, young Jeff Jimson (William Campbell), whom he mentors in the same line of work. The two find employment on a ranch owned by a steely woman from the East, Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain). When Bowman's increasing, unfenced herds begin crowding out the smaller ranches, violence escalates on the range -- and Dempsey and Jeff must choose which is the lesser of two evils.
Director
King Vidor
Producer
Aaron Rosenberg
Screenwriter
Borden Chase, D.D. Beauchamp
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2019
Runtime
1h 29m
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