The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)
Out of that song -- a fury of a movie!
79 min
Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them.
- Release date
- July 1, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Ronald Stein
Cast
- Michael Landon as Tom Dooley
- Jo Morrow as Laura Foster
- Jack Hogan as Charlie Grayson
- Richard Rust as Country Boy
- Dee Pollock as Abel
- Ken Lynch as Father
- Howard Wright as Sheriff Joe Dobbs
- Ralph Moody as Doc Henry
- John Cliff as Lieutenant
- Cheerio Meredith as Meg
Crew
- Ted Post · Director
- Stanley Shpetner · Writer
- Stanley Shpetner · Producer
- Ronald Stein · Composer
- Gilbert Warrenton · Cinematographer
- Robert S. Eisen · Editor