The Proud Ones (1956)

• Director
  • Robert D. Webb
• Writers
  • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
  • Joseph Petracca(screenplay)
  • Verne Athanas(novel)
• Stars
  • Robert Ryan
  • Virginia Mayo
  • Jeffrey Hunter

  A small Kansas town braces itself for the arrival of the first Texas trail herd. The marshal (Robert Ryan) expects trouble from the herd drivers, who'll be thirsty and lascivious after months on the trail. The town's saloon owner (Robert Middleton), anticipating a business boom, wants to remove the marshal and thus leave the town wide open. The marshal can expect little help from his deputy (Jeffrey Hunter), whose father was killed by the lawman. The Proud Ones builds slowly to an explosive climax, in which the deputy chooses the right side and Law & Order is maintained.