Man in the Shadow

IMDb link: 0050680
IMDb rating: 6.8 (1,373 votes)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama, Western
Director: Orson Welles, Jack Arnold
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander and others

Release date: 22 Jan 1958
Release year: 1957
Runtime: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: german shepherd watchdog, bracero, work visa, reference to juarez mexico, reference to el paso texas, texas, cold blooded murder of eye witness, knocked unconscious, police, prologue

Plot:

In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. Faced with an obvious cover-up and opposition on every hand, sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating. His unlikely ally: Renchler's lovely, self-willed and overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath?

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