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A Man Alone is a 1955 American Western film directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Mary Murphy, Raymond Burr and Ward Bond. The story involves a man who stumbles onto the aftermath of a stagecoach robbery in the Arizona desert from which there were no survivors.




Plot


On foot after the mercy killing of his horse, Wes Steele finds a stagecoach and a number of dead passengers. He takes a horse and rides to Mesa.
A corrupt banker, Stanley, and his partner Joiner discuss their stagecoach holdup with Clanton, their hired gun. Joiner, upset over the deaths, begins to leave, but Clanton shoots him in the back.
Stanley tells the townspeople that Steele is responsible for the robbery and murder. Steele hides in the cellar of the house of sheriff Gil Corrigan, who has yellow fever. Gil is under the care of his daughter Nadine and the home is quarantined. Steele nurses the sheriff back to health after Nadine collapses from fatigue. Gil worries about Nadine but has ensured her financial security. Nadine and Steele kiss.
Steele confronts and fights Stanley, causing a lynch mob to form. Gil allows Steele to escape.
Gil has been receiving bribes from Stanley, and the mob wants to hang him, but Steele returns to rescue him. Steele kills Clanton and is placed under arrest. He is warned to leave the town, but Steele decides to remain.




Cast


Ray Milland as Wes Steele
Mary Murphy as Nadine Corrigan
Ward Bond as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
Raymond Burr as Stanley
Arthur Space as Doctor Mason
Lee Van Cleef as Clanton
Alan Hale as Acting Sheriff Jim Anderson
Douglas Spencer as Henry Slocum
Thomas B. Henry as Maybanks
Grandon Rhodes as Luke Joiner
Martin Garralaga as Ortega
Kim Spalding as Sam Hall
Howard J. Negley as Wilson




Production


In August 1954, it was announced that Ray Milland would direct and star in a Republic Pictures Western, The Gunman. The film was based on an original script by John Tucker Battle and Talbot Jennings. Milland directed episodes of his 1953–55 sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley in order to prepare.
Filming began in March 1955. Parts of the film were shot in the sand dunes outside St. George, Utah. In April, the unit returned to Los Angeles.
Milland received a percentage of the profits. After A Man Alone, producer Herbert T. Yates hired Milland to direct one film per year for four years.




Reception


In a contemporary review for the Los Angeles Times, critic Philip K. Scheuer wrote: "Milland's direction is, on a scene-by-scene basis, professional enough. For the first 25 minutes or so there were even intimations that he might rise into the exceptional class, for in these his 'man alone' was required to rely mostly on silence and pantomime to get over what was happening to him. Unfortunately, too much happens to him to be very credible."
In the Chicago Tribune, reviewer Will Leonard wrote: "Milland makes a pretty good western hero, once he finds his tongue after the first half hour. ... The love stuff may be a little too thick for thoro cowhand fans, but the heavy doses of gunplay make up for some of the sentiment."
Marjory Adams of The Boston Globe called A Man Alone "rich in suspense and audience appeal".




See also


List of American films of 1955




References






External links


A Man Alone at IMDb
A Man Alone at AllMovie
A Man Alone at the TCM Movie Database

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