The Violent Men

The Violent Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRudolph Maté
Screenplay byHarry Kleiner
Based onSmoky Valley
1955 novel
by Donald Hamilton
Produced byLewis J. Rachmil
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byMax Steiner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 26, 1955 (1955-01-26) (New York City)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,950,000 (US)

The Violent Men is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, and May Wynn. Based on the 1955 novel Smoky Valley by Donald Hamilton, its storyline involves a ranch owner who comes into conflict with the land grabbing tactics of the big local rancher, whose tense marriage threatens his family's stranglehold over the region.