The Proud Ones
Seen it?1956 | 94 min | Western
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for western fans. Sits nicely alongside Rio Bravo or Red River.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 34 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1956: an older pace and style.
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 16K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Robert D. Webb
- Robert RyanMarshal Cass Silver
- Virginia MayoSally
- Jeffrey HunterThad Anderson
- Robert MiddletonHonest John Barrett
- Walter BrennanJake
- Arthur O'ConnellJim Dexter
- Rodolfo AcostaChico
- Ken ClarkPike
- George MathewsDillon
- Fay RoopeMarkham