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Friday, April 10, 2026

The Hanged Man (1974)

Director Michael Caffey
Rating Rating
MPAA PG
Run Time 73 min
Color Color
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Sound Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)
Producer Bing Crosby Productions
Country: USA
Genre: Western
Plot Synopsis

A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.

Tagline

They left him for dead ... but they were wrong ... dead wrong !

Quotes

Lew Halleck: You don't understand, Devlin. I mean to hire you.
James Devlin: I don't like you.
Lew Halleck: Lots of people don't. I still do business with them.
James Devlin: I don't like your way of doing.
Lew Halleck: Well, a man can't eat the walnuts unless he cracks a few shells.

Filming Locations

Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

Sierrita Mountains, Arizona, USA

Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA

Mescal, Arizona, USA
(Foundry scene)

Final screen appearance of Ray Teal, after which he retired from acting.

Pilot for a series that was to have starred Steve Forrest, but was never picked up.

The same foundry building in The Hanged Man (1974) can also be seen in the Western movie, The Animals (1970), in which it is a fort building.