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Release Date:
May 4, 1978
Original Title:
The Meanest Men in the West
Alternate Titles:
Asesino a la fuerza
El odio de los McGuire
Gesetz des Westens
Genres:
TV Movie | Western
Production Companies:
Revue Studios
Universal Television
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.
Associate Producer:
David Levinson
Director:
Charles S. Dubin
Samuel Fuller
Director of Photography:
Lionel Lindon
Enzo A. Martinelli
Alric Edens
Editor:
Gene Palmer
Jean Jacques Berthelot
Original Music Composer:
Hal Mooney
Producer:
Charles Marquis Warren
Joel Rogosin
Screenplay:
Samuel Fuller
Ed Waters
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