The Hanging of Jake Ellis
Cattle driver Jake Ellis arrives in a bawdy little cow town and finds his archenemy, Frank Hall, waiting for him. In the saloon, Jake loses his money and his horse to Isabel, a voluptuous gambler who deals from a stacked deck. The smell of food cooking over a campfire attracts impoverished Jake, and he soon finds the campsite and seduces the cook, young Kathy Dupray. After the Duprays give Jake a beating for romancing Kathy, they tell him of Frank Hall's plot to cheat them in a cattle deal. Thwarted, Hall vows to kill the entire Dupray clan.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Released
- 1969
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1969
Storyline
Cattle driver Jake Ellis arrives in a bawdy little cow town and finds his archenemy, Frank Hall, waiting for him. In the saloon, Jake loses his money and his horse to Isabel, a voluptuous gambler who deals from a stacked deck. The smell of food cooking over a campfire attracts impoverished Jake, and he soon finds the campsite and seduces the cook, young Kathy Dupray. After the Duprays give Jake a beating for romancing Kathy, they tell him of Frank Hall's plot to cheat them in a cattle deal. Thwarted, Hall vows to kill the entire Dupray clan.
Top credits
Charles Napier — Jake Ellis
Deborah Downey — Kathy Dupray
James Lemp — Frank Hall- Bambi Allen — Isabel
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Color
- Color
