The Law and Jake Wade

The girl is a captive hostage at the mercy of the West's most notorious bandit-killer.

6.719581h 26m

Released

Western

Overview

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.

StatusReleased

Release Date1958-06-06

Runtime1h 26m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

outlaw

loot

ghost town

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Cast & Crew

Robert Taylor

as Jake Wade

Richard Widmark

as Clint Hollister

Patricia Owens

as Peggy

Robert Middleton

as Ortero

Henry Silva

as Rennie

DeForest Kelley

as Wexler

Burt Douglas

as Lieutenant

Eddie Firestone

as Burke

Richard H. Cutting

as Luke

Roy Engel

as Avery

Reviews

John Chard

May 20, 2017

8/10

More than meets the eye in John Sturges' excellent Oater. Jake Wade, a former thief and gunman is now the town marshal. Out of a need to clear a debt, he breaks a former accomplice of his, Clint Hollister, out of jail, and almost immediately starts to regret it. It seems that Wade hid some monetary spoils out in the hills and Hollister wants his…

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Wuchak

Oct 8, 2021

7/10

_**"This town's not big enough for the both of us" (literally)**_ Released in 1958, "The Law and Jake Wade" stars Robert Taylor as the title character who was an outlaw after the Civil War, but is now a sheriff out West. A member of his former gang, Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark), won't let him start a new life and forces Jake and his fiancé …

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