Warlock

Warlock

1959 · 122 min · EN · NR · 6.8 (179 votes)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · Starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford · Music Leigh Harline

“Wherever you've been ... Whatever you've seen ... You've never run into anything like Warlock.”

Western

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

VIBE

A dusty, sun-baked frontier town teeters on the edge of chaos. This is a grim, character-driven Western where simmering tensions and the ever-present threat of violence create a palpable sense of dread. Expect moral ambiguity and a showdown that feels earned.

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