Good Day for a Hanging
After claiming his daughter's childhood-sweetheart killed the marshal, one man finds himself in conflict with his daughter, his fiancée and many of the townsfolk.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
After claiming his daughter's childhood-sweetheart killed the marshal, one man finds himself in conflict with his daughter, his fiancée and many of the townsfolk.
Top credits
Fred MacMurray — Ben Cutler
Margaret Hayes — Ruth Granger
Robert Vaughn — Eddie Campbell
Joan Blackman — Laurie Cutler
Did you know
• According to Robert Vaughn in his memoirs, Fred MacMurray was the frugal type. He always brought his sandwich for lunch on the set and was also the stingy kind for many details.
• Co-star Bing Russell, who plays a character named "George Fletcher," was the father of Kurt Russell.
• Director Nathan Juran started his career as an art director. As such, he won an Oscar® for How Green Was My Valley (1941) and worked on several great Anthony Mann pictures. As a director, he was best known for fantasy films such as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962).
User reviews
Above average western.
"Since when is a young rattlesnake any less poisonous than an old one?"
There are a lot of things worse than fear.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
