The Violent Men
1955 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 3,510 VOTES · DIR. Rudolph Maté
Overview
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
Dialogue Timeline — 991 lines
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00:01:51 Hey, Jed, take a look at his left hind shoe, will you?
00:05:07 All that grass and sand ever meant to me the past three years...
00:07:52 John, you're just upset from seeing a man killed.
00:10:50 Honey, talk to Mr. Wilkison. Please.
00:13:58 I want it kept that way. Is that understood?
00:19:10 And you're so modest about your military record...
00:22:27 He was a friend of mine. We came to this country together.
00:24:56 They even let farmers squat on it.
00:28:14 There.
00:31:28 Cole, you're the only happiness I have here.
00:36:03 You're on Anchor land.
00:40:48 But just between you and me, I've got a hunch he'd be acquitted.
00:45:04 - Have another. - No, thanks.
00:48:14 Now you listen to me.
00:51:53 Either you sell this place and we go East, or...
00:55:43 leaving the ranch, which is as good as a fort, and fighting in the open.
01:01:44 I'm sorry. I didn't mean...
01:04:05 You didn't build Anchor by depending on others.
01:07:32 - Not this time. I won't let him. - Sure you will.
01:14:20 - Get her out of here. - Don't start that again.
01:18:28 Sheriff...
01:22:47 You must have enjoyed watching Anchor burn.
01:26:03 No difference? Why not?
15:00:00 and 24 hours to think it over.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed991
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:01:51
Final line15:00:00
Production Record
DirectorRudolph Maté
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,510