Lawman is a 1971 american western film produced and directed by michael winner and starring burt lancaster, robert ryan, lee j. Lawman film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia lawman is a 1971 american western film starring burt lancaster, robert ryan, lee j. In actuality, he killed four men on his own and participated in the killing of several more, but he never did rob a bank, store or stagecoach. Everybody blames maddox for people getting killed when they draw down on a lawman doing his duty. This is the best known lawman of the old west and participated in the gunfight at the ok corral and despite all his gunfights was never wounded. In this episode, it is revealed that sam deever had his leg from the knee down to the foot amputated after a horse fell on it. Lancaster play the letter quite well, just the facts, mam but with an open style. Russell saw troop as an experienced, levelheaded lawman and decided that the character needed to be at least ten years older than russell was in 1958. This outlaws legend as a famous bandit is arguably undeserved. The authentic film reveals a deadly and truthful look at the way the west really was. Western television lawmen trivia quiz by characters.
You can see several tributes to the orignial lone ranger in this movie. John russell was 37 when he was cast for the series. Peter brown actor cinema tv classic tv classic movies old time radio. See more ideas about tv westerns, movie stars and old movies. With john russell, peter brown, peggie castle, emile avery. The film is about the quest of a lone peace officer, marshal jared maddox played by lancaster, to bring several men to justice.
Western television lawmen quiz 10 questions funtrivia. Only she arrives to find no husbandtobe and in no time at all she causes more trouble than one tiny woman should be capable of. Jerry, a former chicago police officer who chronicled his career in the book extreme cop, is the holster honcho of lawman leather goods and owner of the original dirty harry trademark. The bible decrees that vengeance is gods alone, but the guys who wrote the bible had not yet met marshal jered maddox as relentlessly portrayed by granitechinned burt lancaster in lawman 1971. Lawman internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Lawman is the 1971 western about a peace officer who is forced to bring a group of criminals to justice alone. A mysterious fugitive shea whigham kills a preacher in a fit of rage. There are 156 half hour episodes of this western starring john russell as marshal dan troop, peter brown as deputy johnny mckay, peggie castle as lilly merrill and bek nelson as dru lemp along with many wonderful guest stars. Russell fought in world war two as a us marine when he was 21.
He plays a hard, cold, sullen lawandorder type, who sides with justice against mercy at every opportunity, and he causes a lot of unnecessary grief before the movies over. Robert duvall was totally bald on top in this movie. Endgame mistakes the 20 biggest mistakes in jurassic park miss fishers murder mysteries mistakes django unchained ending ghosts questions batman quotes ad astra trivia dantes. Still, hes the marshal, and were supposed to be on his side. Everything that you might expect out of a gutsy bold revisionist western, 70% of it you might find right here at michael winners lawman that though it may sell the overall impression that is a movie playing with more than classical tropes, which it is, thanks to the magnetic presence of an oldgolden stars like burt lancaster, robert ryan. What happened to lawman tv stars john russell and peggie castle. As with all hollywood history it bends some facts even though at the. Tv western lawmen quiz 20 questions fun trivia quizzes. Watch 1971 lawman burt lancaster westerns only charles l dick jr on dailymotion. Starring burt lancaster, robert ryan, robert duvall and lee j. She ends up in willow creek in montana territory to marry a man she never met. Jerry fielding during a drunken spree in the small wild west town of bannock, one of a half. Lawman had more of a movie atmosphere about it thanks to warner bros.
From kurt russell being the real director behind tombstone, to missing earps and rare doc holliday trivia, theres a lot you may not know about this fanfavorite western. Lawman asked at the 1998 charlotte film festival about his best recollections of lawman, peter brown answered, john russell, john russell, john russell. Robert ryan, in an impeccable performance, plays a local sheriff weak and corrupt who like the rest of the town thinks lancaster is too inflexible. Marshall jared maddox burt lancaster rides into the town of bannock with the body of cowhand marc corman, who along with several other rowdy men, was involved in an accidental shooting that left a. I will specify the lawman character in a us western television series.
He was also played texas ranger chad cooper on laredo from 19651967. Cobb and his six ranchhands after the group accidentally killed an old man during a drunken spree. This michael winner western stars burt lancaster as a marshal who. The whole movie is driven by their refusal to turn themselves in to the local sheriff. On may 29, 1899, pearl hart became the only woman known to have robbed a stagecoach. The answers all contain the names of jerry ardolino and lawman leather goods. Dan killed twentytwo people in season two, and twentytwo in season three. Take this tricky trivia quiz and try to name all of these classic western movie stars by just one image. Watch lawman movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Watch lawman without a gun tv movie 1978 movie online. Lawman 1971 cast and crew during a drunken spree in the small wild west town of bannock, one of a halfdozen workers from a nearby ranch accidentally shoots an innocent man. A lawman from bannock arrives in sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man. The movie makes burt lancasters maddox the antihero.
Hugh obrian played this famous lawman in a tv series that ran from 19551961. Lawman deputy johnny mckay peter brown in the 19581962 abcwarner brothers western television series, lawman. Its hero and the motives of the other characters are not as defined or clearcut as in some westerns. Over the last weekend i saw a movie i dont see too many movies but i try to see them on weekends when i am at the western white house or in floridaand the movie that i selected, or, as a matter. Tombstone movie insider info, fun quotes, trailer, real.
President richard nixon commented on the film during a press conference in denver, colorado, on 3 august 1970. Literature movie trivia music trivia people religion science trivia sports trivia television video. The cowboy quiz american cowboy western lifestyle travel. Burt lancaster plays an aging lawman who is by the book. What happened to tv stars john russell and peggie castle.
Fans of the lawman tv series 195862 will recall him in the lead role of marshal dan troop. The list contains the best, new and most relevant lawman movies ordered by relevance. Even though other trivia indicates in season three, warner brothers began toning down the violence on the show, the numbers did not really reflect this. Watch lawman 1958 episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The first robocop movie is modeled exactly after the original lone ranger story.
Outlaws and lawmen 3 movie lawman, hour of the gun, day of the. A peacekeeper in the wild west, maddox believes that the law has no better enforcement than a bullet through the heart. Lawman theme tune, words and music by mack david and jay livingstone jerry livingston lawman. A collection of trivia questions about the old west. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, harsh and suspense films and tv shows about with lawman, violence, sheriff, gunfight, murder, revenge, old west, horse, cowboy and small town plots mostly in western, drama and action genres shot in usa, italy, spain and other. Im not sure whether burt lancaster plays the good guy or the bad guy in lawman, but maybe thats the point. Net lawman uk separate quickly and cleanly, without large legal fees.
Both movies are centered on a lawman betrayed by his own and left for dead with lawman returning masked to hide his identity. The lawman by lily graison willow creek series book 1 abigail thornton is a woman on the run. Lawman definition is a lawenforcement officer such as a sheriff or marshal. The series was set in laramie, wyoming, during 1879 and the 1880s. Lawman 1971, a solid western with an excellent cast, features burt lancaster as the bythebooks title character doggedly hunting down lee j. The casting of this show was impeccable as was the constant tight direction and consistantly strong storylines throughout the sad short run of this series.
John russell was a lawman on the tv series, lawman from 1958 to 1962. Literature movie trivia music trivia people religion science trivia sports trivia television video games world. Peoplequiz trivia quiz tv western stars and their roles. John russell, who starred as marshal dan troop in the 19581962 western series, died of emphysema in 1991 at age 70. He winds up posing as the man, whod recently been assigned to be a pastor at. Lawman is an american western television series originally telecast on abc from 1958 to 1962 starring john russell as marshal dan troop and peter brown as deputy marshal johnny mckay. This is the story of marshal dan troop of laramie, wyoming, and his deputy johnny mckay, an orphan troop took under his wing. Tired of her husband bulls behavior, cassie nickerson decides to run away with a kind, gentle peddler named mr. In doing so, he used the film as a context to explain his views on law and order. And so they sent for the badge and the gun of the lawman. Maddox is intent on arresting five men for what is apparently an accidental killing. This lawman was a scout for general custer before becoming sheriff of deadwood, south dakota. At the 1998 knoxville film festival, peter described how john russell took him under his wing and taught him how to act in front of a camera.