The Legend of Tom Dooley

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The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)

Directed by Ted Post

“Out of that song -- a fury of a movie!”

Western, Drama · 1h 19m

Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them.

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Cast

Michael Landon Tom Dooley Jo Morrow Laura Foster Jack Hogan Charlie Grayson Richard Rust Country Boy Dee Pollock Abel Ken Lynch Father Howard Wright Sheriff Joe Dobbs Ralph Moody Doc Henry John Cliff Lieutenant Cheerio Meredith Meg
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Gary Hunley The Kid Anthony Jochim Preacher

Crew

Director
Ted Post
Writer
Stanley Shpetner
Director of Photography
Gilbert Warrenton
Original Music Composer
Ronald Stein
Editor
Robert S. Eisen
Producer
Stanley Shpetner

Details

Release date
1959-07-01
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Western, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
United States of America
Production
Columbia Pictures