• 3 months ago
He gave the West justice right up to its neck... then rammed more down its throat.

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

Director
Michael Winner
Writer
Gerald Wilson
Stars
Burt Lancaster -Robert Ryan -Lee J. Cobb -Sheree North -Robert Duvall
Transcript
00:00I, Jared Maddox, do solemnly swear to uphold the office of Sheriff of the County of Bannock
00:09in the state of Texas, to enforce the law, and to apprehend all violators thereof.
00:16Now the hard point of the matter is there's a lawman in the name of Maddox.
00:23I'm Jared Maddox.
00:24Figures to take us back and stand trial for murder.
00:27I've been a lawman for 20 years.
00:29One lawman.
00:30Anybody who goes against the law goes against me.
00:31Brian thinks he's a nut.
00:33I'm going to take these men back with me or kill them where they stand.
00:36You'd ride a man to hell, wouldn't you, Maddox?
00:39I said if he came after me, I'd kill him.
00:51Sometimes the only difference between a lawman and a killer is which side of a badge he's
00:57on.
00:59Burt Lancaster is the lawman.
01:03He carried the law.
01:05Sometimes he carried it too far.
01:08You hold the law too high.
01:10You always did.
01:12Without the rules, you're nothing.
01:13Are we going to stand around and wait while this killer shoots down whoever he wants in
01:19our town?
01:20He's a lawman.
01:21You want the law, but you want it to walk quiet.
01:23You don't want it to put a hole in your pocket.
01:28You take courage from each other and you come armed.
01:30Well, there are enough of you.
01:35All you need is one man with enough stomach to die first.
01:38Do you know what they call you, Jared?
01:42The Widowmaker.
01:43The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:02throat.
02:03Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:04The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:31throat.
02:32Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:33The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:34throat.
02:35Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:36The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:37throat.
02:38Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:39The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:40throat.
02:41Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:42The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:43throat.
02:44Some people called him the Widowmaker.
02:45The lawman, he gave the West justice up to its neck, then he rammed some more down its
02:46throat.
02:47Some people called him the Widowmaker.