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Le Shérif

Original title: The Proud Ones
  • 1956
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  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Mayo, and Robert Ryan in Le Shérif (1956)
Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.
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Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.

  • Director
    • Robert D. Webb
  • Writers
    • Edmund H. North
    • Joseph Petracca
    • Verne Athanas
  • Stars
    • Robert Ryan
    • Virginia Mayo
    • Jeffrey Hunter
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    6.9/10
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    • Director
      • Robert D. Webb
    • Writers
      • Edmund H. North
      • Joseph Petracca
      • Verne Athanas
    • Stars
      • Robert Ryan
      • Virginia Mayo
      • Jeffrey Hunter
    • 45User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • Marshal Cass Silver
    Virginia Mayo
    Virginia Mayo
    • Sally
    Jeffrey Hunter
    Jeffrey Hunter
    • Thad Anderson
    Robert Middleton
    Robert Middleton
    • Honest John Barrett
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Jake
    Arthur O'Connell
    Arthur O'Connell
    • Jim Dexter
    Ken Clark
    Ken Clark
    • Pike
    Rodolfo Acosta
    Rodolfo Acosta
    • Chico
    George Mathews
    George Mathews
    • Dillon
    Fay Roope
    Fay Roope
    • Markham
    Edward Platt
    Edward Platt
    • Dr. Barlow
    Whit Bissell
    Whit Bissell
    • Mr. Sam Bolton
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Poker Player
    • (uncredited)
    Joyce Arleen
    • Waitress
    • (uncredited)
    Emile Avery
    • Townsman in crowd scene
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Don Brodie
    Don Brodie
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Doyle Brooks
    • Gambler
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert D. Webb
    • Writers
      • Edmund H. North
      • Joseph Petracca
      • Verne Athanas
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    8Flaming_star_69

    Good solid Western Action!

    The Proud Ones is just that: A Western about the proud men of the Old West starring Robert Ryan and Virginia Mayo and a host of other good performers. The plot is simple: A lawman is trying to keep peace in town when the trail drovers arrive. One of them, a young cowboy with two sixguns on his hips, has a grudge against the lawman because the lawman killed his father a few years earlier in another town. Ryan, playing the lawman, takes the youth under his wings and trains him. Eventually, he comes around. But that is not the main problem. Ryan, suffering a wound, is having trouble with his eye-sight and it's effecting his work. That will pose a great problem before the movie ends.

    Robert Ryan has always been a great actor. He plays the tough, hard character in nearly every film and does it as though it were as natural for him as eating dinner. And he comes through in amazing style in this Western as the lawman.

    It's a really good Western with some solid Western action and, for those who are Western fans, it is one well worth viewing over and over. For the mainline theme is: How much will a man/woman do in order to retain their honor and pride? It's a question each of us have to face in life and this movie offers some good feedback about the answer.

    I strongly recommend the movie to all.
    7sol-

    Name with Pride

    An ageing sheriff attempts to run a crooked gambling syndicate out of town but has to contend with public mistrust given his reputation as 'trigger happy' in this Old West drama starring Robert Ryan. While he looks old enough to be the father of love interest Virginia Mayo, Ryan delivers a very human performance here as he laments the fact that his trigger happy reputation is based only on his word against others and as he states confidently that his "ambition is to be oldest living marshal west of Kansas City". The film features some dialogue that simply simmers with wit too; early on, Ryan is told that "pride can kill a man faster than a bullet", to which he quickly responds "so can overconfidence". The conclusion of the movie feels a bit too neat and tidy for credibility, but this is a pretty solid movie overall with Mayo's underwritten, thankless role probably the biggest detractor; it is either that, or the repetitive whistling music at key dramatic parts. When the film focuses on Ryan though and the trust he tries to build with Jeffrey Hunter, it is top tier stuff with the highlight of the film being an incredibly intense scene in which they practise shooting. Apparently, this was one of Akira Kurosawa's favourite movies. It seems an unusual choice, but with such excellent character drama, it is certainly more notable than the average western out there.
    8silverscreen888

    Powerful and Memorable; Indicting Dishonesty, Celebrating Courage

    "The Proud Ones" has an extremely fine script by Edmund H. North, veteran screenwriter; its plot vastly improves on the novel on which it was ostensibly based. Robert D. Webb's direction is taut, featuring dense images, helping his actors to achieve top-notch performances. Every element of this production works, from the art direction by classy Lyle Wheeler to the memorable theme song, the music by Lionel Newman, the sets, and the costumes by Travilla. Among the outstanding performances are those given by Robert Middleton as "Honest John", villain of the piece, George Matthews as his 'segundo', Whitner Bissell and others as townsmen and henchmen; the film is far-above-average in acting. This well-remembered dramatic western stars Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo and young Jeffrey Hunter as a youth who is befriended by an aging marshal (who has been run out of a town poisoned by the lies of a delusive gambling joint owner). Hunter acquits himself well, as does Ryan, as the younger man tries to forgive the man he begins to admire, even after he has killed the boy's father in the line of duty. Virginia Mayo achieves considerable skill and charm as the woman who loves Ryan. The story's theme of honesty set against plausible pretense is unusual and difficult to carry off; the adjective "proud" has been forced to carry two contradictory meanings for years. Here it is used correctly in a secular sense to refer to men too honest to be bought off and too brave to be scared off, the sort of men who will fight when necessary, refusing to be intimidated. All-too-rare are films that celebrate objective minds, people who can be honestly wrong but act ethically when the chips are down. Whole genres are based on the betrayal of such commitments by people who argue they "can't help being what they are".As the beleaguered marshal in this story faces a town full of profiteers with the wrongness of their selling out to be opportunistic looters of unearned wealth during a boom, the film is raised to heights of thoughtfulness and of clearly-exampled good and bad behavior seldom found in the western genre. This is a very good and a very memorable achievement of cinema. Incidentally, it is physically beautiful to watch as well.
    billpollock49

    The quintessential thinking western.

    The quintessential thinking western. The man wronged (Ryan), the dependable woman in his life (Mayo), the young man searching for the truth(?) (Hunter).

    A good western with the normal hallmarks of this genre. Good storyline, actors who can actually act (Jeff Hunter's best acting display since "The Searchers") and importantly in any move or TV programme , great, haunting soundtrack. The whistling of this gives this western depth and feeling. The other actors, including the head villain, all play their parts with a modicum of effort, enhancing this film.

    The various shootouts are well handled, with Ryan's worsening disability becoming more obvious, as an example the shootout in the barn. Hunter's young man changes as the movie progresses in now not wanting to kill a semi blind man and also realising that perhaps the sherrif is right but his search for the truth of his father will out.

    The final confrontation in the saloon followed by the the haunting soundtrack makes for a memorable western.
    9dr_foreman

    Rock Solid Western Action

    My brother gave me this movie for Christmas because he knows I love Robert Ryan. There's just something about middle-aged character actors from the "golden age" of Hollywood that appeals to me; they're so cool and tough in ways that modern actors just can't match.

    And this movie did not disappoint me. Ryan is great in it. He's macho and wise but also vulnerable. There were times when I was genuinely worried that the bad guys would get the upper hand over him.

    In fact, quite a lot of this movie is suspenseful. It has many unexpected twists, not only in terms of "surprise" action but also character development. The constantly evolving relationship between Ryan and Jeffrey Hunter is a particular source of interest.

    Even the mandatory love interest - Virginia Mayo - gets a lot of solid character development, though she does disappear from the movie for somewhat long periods of time.

    Best scene? When Ryan rips into the cowardly town council. It's simply awesome.

    Related interests

    Gary Cooper in Le train sifflera trois fois (1952)
    Classical Western
    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama
    John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr. in La Prisonnière du désert (1956)
    Western

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    • Trivia
      After the purchase of the novel in December 1952 Victor Mature, Robert Wagner and Debra Paget were tentatively set for the leads and that Frank P. Rosenberg was going to produce for 20th Century Fox.
    • Goofs
      When the sheriff brings in two men for attempted robbery, he puts them in the cell without removing their gun belts.
    • Quotes

      [the town council asks Cass to resign]

      Mr. Sam Bolton, Owner Boltons Emporium: I hope you don't take this as a personal reflection on you, Cass.

      Cass Silver, Marshal Flat Rock Kansas: No, Sam, I don't. I take it as a personal reflection on you - all of you! The minute you people smelled money, this town got an attack of larceny. I don't blame it on Barrett; I blame it you. You're supposed to be respectable. You talk about law and order; you'd sell out for a copper penny - any one of you. You're robbin' and stealin' the same as he is, with your fifty dollar boots and your twelve dollar hotel rooms. If I was on this council, I couldn't look in the mirror without vomiting!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Saddle Up!: The Proud Ones (2024)
    • Soundtracks
      Sweet Betsy from Pike
      (uncredited)

      Traditional american ballad with lyrics written by John A. Stone before 1858

      Played on saloon piano

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    • Release date
      • June 21, 1957 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Proud Ones
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $1,400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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