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6.9A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
Released: 1958-05-0185 minDir: George MarshallWestern, Comedy
Cast
- Glenn Ford as Jason Sweet
- Shirley MacLaine as Dell Payton
- Leslie Nielsen as Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe
- Mickey Shaughnessy as "Jumbo" McCall
- Edgar Buchanan as Milt Masters
- Willis Bouchey as Frank Payton
Themes
- shepherd
- sheep
- gunslinger
- fistfight
- deception
- rivalry
- gunfight
- tough guy
- outsider
- duplicity
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
3,084 votes
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Western
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- George Marshall
- Screenwriter
- William Bowers
- Cast member
- Harry Harvey
- Composer
- Jeff Alexander
- Producer
- Edmund Grainger
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 992764
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- title
- The Sheepman
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Ralph E. Winters
- production designer
- Malcolm Brown
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