The Iron Sheriff (1957)
The whole town crawled under his gun...
73 min
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.
- Release date
- April 1, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Sam Galt
- Constance Ford as Claire
- John Dehner as Roger Pollack
- Kent Taylor as Phil Quincy
- Darryl Hickman as Benjamin Galt
- Walter Sande as Marshal Ellison
- Frank Ferguson as District Attorney Holloway
- King Donovan as Leveret
- Mort Mills as Sutherland
- Peter Miller as Jackson Gallagher
Crew
- Sidney Salkow · Director
- Seeleg Lester · Writer
- Jerome C. Robinson · Producer
- Emil Newman · Composer
- Kenneth Peach · Cinematographer
- Grant Whytock · Editor