The Lonely Man

Two of today's most publicized personalities Anthony Perkins and Jack Palance teamed in a great outdoor drama!

The Lonely Man — Plot

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

• Release date
• June 21, 1957
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Western
• Director
• Henry Levin

The Lonely Man — Cast

Jack Palance Jacob Wade Anthony Perkins Riley Wade Neville Brand King Fisher Robert Middleton Ben Ryerson Elisha Cook Jr. Willie Claude Akins Blackburn Lee Van Cleef Faro Harry Shannon Dr. Fisher