''The Lawless Eighties'' is a 1957 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Joseph Kane Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western f ...

and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

, John Smith, Marilyn Saris, Ted de Corsia, Anthony Caruso and

John Doucette John Arthur Doucette (January 21, 1921 – August 16, 1994) was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987. A man of stocky build who possessed a deep, rich voice, he p ...

. The film was released on May 31, 1957, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Cast

as Linc Prescott * John Smith as William Wesley Van Orsdel *Marilyn Saris as Lynn Sutter * Ted de Corsia as Bandas * Anthony Caruso as Wolf Chief *

as Art 'Pig' Corbin *

Frank Ferguson Frank S. Ferguson (December 25, 1906 – September 12, 1978) was an American character actor with hundreds of appearances in both film and television. Background Ferguson was the younger of two children of W. Thomas Ferguson, a native Scottish ...

as Owen Sutter *

Sheila Bromley Sheila Bromley (born Sheila LeGay; October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003), (The reference work ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003'' gave her birth date as October 31, 1907). sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Manno ...

as Mrs. Myra Sutter *

Walter Reed Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than ...

as Capt. Ellis North *Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Little Wolf *Will J. White as Lt. Reed *Robert Swan as Pete Loman

References

External links

* 1957 films American Western (genre) films 1957 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Kane 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub