Man in the Shadow

1957 "THIS WAS THE NIGHT WHEN THE LAW TURNED LAWLESS...to win back the justice a town had betrayed!"

Man in the Shadow

6.8 | 1h20m | NR | en | Drama

In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. Faced with an obvious cover-up and opposition on every hand, sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating. His unlikely ally: Renchler's lovely, self-willed and overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath?

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6.8 | 1h20m | NR | en | Drama , Western , Thriller

Synopsis

Cast

Jeff Chandler , Orson Welles , Colleen Miller

Director

Alexander Golitzen

Producted By

Universal International Pictures ,

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Cast

Jeff Chandler

as Ben Sadler

[1962] Merrill's Marauders [1961] Return to Peyton Place [1960] The Plunderers [1959] Ten Seconds to Hell [1959] Thunder in the Sun [1959] The Jayhawkers! [1957] Man in the Shadow [1957] The Tattered Dress [1957] Drango

Orson Welles

as Virgil Renchler

[2022] The Welles Raft [2022] The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons [2021] The Blinding of Isaac Woodard [2020] Hopper/Welles [2018] They'll Love Me When I'm Dead [2018] The Eyes of Orson Welles [2015] This Is Orson Welles [2007] The Deep [2002] Lost in La Mancha

Colleen Miller

as Skippy Renchler

[1963] Gunfight at Comanche Creek [1958] Step Down to Terror [1957] Hot Summer Night [1957] Man in the Shadow [1957] The Night Runner [1956] The Rawhide Years [1955] The Purple Mask [1954] Four Guns to the Border