- Title: Lawman
- Original Title: Lawman
- Release Date: 11/03/1971
- Tagline: He gave the West justice right up to its neck... then rammed more down its throat.
- Budget: $3,000,000.00
- Duration:99 Min / 01:39
- Country:US
- Genre:Western
About Film
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Movie Rating: 6.6
Total Votes: 115
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John Chard
8/10
I'm a lawman. Do you know what a lawman is, Crowe? He's a killer of men.
Lawman is directed by Michael Winner and written by Gerry Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North and Richard Jordan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by Robert Paynter.
The Lawman of the title is Jared...
Wuchak
8/10
***“Do you know what a lawman is? He's a killer of men”***
A grim marshal (Burt Lancaster) enters the town of Sabbath to apprehend the cattlemen guilty of accidently killing a man during a rowdy celebration while passing through his town. But the lawman finds resistance from everyone because the perpetrators work for the cattle baron (Lee J....
Geronimo1967
6/10
Whilst Michael Winner has certainly assembled quite a formidable cast here, the story is itself pretty derivative and unremarkable. It all centres around Sheriff "Maddox" (Burt Lancaster) who pursues some ranch-hands to a neighbouring town after their boisterous behaviour resulted in the death of an old man. This town "Sabbath" has a marshal of...
