''The Hanged Man'' is a 1974 American

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television film directed by

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and starring Steve Forrest, Cameron Mitchell and

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. It premiered on

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on March 13, 1974, and was intended as a pilot for a possible new series which was never produced.Movies on TV by Steven H Scheuer, 1984 edition, Bell Publishing Co.,by arrangement with Bantam Books

Plot

Having survived his own hanging, hired killer James Devlin turns over a new leaf, defending a widow and her son from an avaricious land baron.

Cast

* Steve Forrest as James Devlin *

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as Josiah Lowe *

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as Nameless *

as Carrie Gault *

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as Billy Irons *

Rafael Campos Rafael Campos (13 May 1936 – 9 July 1985) was an actor from the Dominican Republic whose credits include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), '' Dino'' (1957), '' The Light in the Forest'' (1958), ''Slumber Party '57'' (1976), ''The Astro-Zombies'' (1 ...

as Father Alvaro * Barbara Luna as Soledad Villegas * Cameron Mitchell as Lew Halleck *

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as Judge Homer Bayne * Bobby Eilbacher as Benjamin Gault * William Bryant as Dr. Lawrence Nye * Steve Marlo as Joe "Patch" Janney *

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as Eubie Turpin * Michael Masters as Deputy Sheriff * Bill Catching as Executioner *

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as executioner's son (uncredited)

References

External links

* * 1974 television films 1970s English-language films ABC Movie of the Week American Western (genre) television films Films scored by Richard Markowitz Television pilots not picked up as a series {{US-tv-film-stub

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