Stranger on Horseback
The events when a circuit judge comes to a lawless frontier town and insists on bringing to trial the son of the owner of the place for murder of a defenceless man.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne Joel McCrea
- Amy Lee Bannerman Miroslava
- Tom Bannerman Kevin McCarthy
- Josiah Bannerman John Mcintire
- Colonel Buck Streeter John Carradine
- Caroline Webb Nancy Gates
- Sheriff Nat Bell Emile Meyer
- Arnold Hammer Robert Cornthwaite
- Paula Morison Jacklyn Green
- Vince Webb Walter Baldwin
- barfly Emmett Lynn
- Sam Kettering Roy Roberts
- Bannerman henchman George Keymas
- [Kettering henchman] Lane Bradford
- [Morales] Natividad Vacio
- [hotel clerk] Dabbs Greer
- [blacksmith] Fred Aldrich
- [bartender] Frank Hagney
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Jacques Tourneur
- Assistant Director Frank Parmenter
Production
- Production Company Leonard Goldstein Prod. Inc.
- a Leonard Goldstein production Leonard Goldstein
- Released thru United Artists
- Produced by Robert Goldstein
Writing
- Screenplay by Herb Meadow
- Screenplay by Don Martin
- Story by Louis L'amour
Photography
- Director of Photography Ray Rennahan
Editing
- Film Editor William B. Murphy
Design
- Art Direction Albert Hogsett
- Set Decoration Victor Gangelin
Make-up
- Makeup Artist Jack Byron
- Makeup Artist Willon Fields
Film processing
- [Photographed] In Ansco Color
Music
- Music by Paul Dunlap
Sound
- Sound Frank Mcwhorter
- Sound System Western Electric