Something for a Lonely Man

November. 26,1968      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.

Dan Blocker as  John Killibrew
Susan Clark as  Mary Duren
John Dehner as  Sam Ball
Warren Oates as  Angus Duren
Paul Petersen as  Peter Duren
Don Stroud as  Eben Duren
Henry Jones as  R.J. Hoferkamp
Sandy Kenyon as  Bleeck
Edgar Buchanan as  Old Man Wolenski
Tom Nolan as  Rafe Runkel

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Reviews

Pacionsbo
1968/11/26

Absolutely Fantastic

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Dotbankey
1968/11/27

A lot of fun.

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Lidia Draper
1968/11/28

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Rosie Searle
1968/11/29

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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