The Violent Men
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| Directed by | Rudolph Maté |
| Screenplay by | Harry Kleiner |
| Based on | Smoky Valley 1955 novel by Donald Hamilton |
| Produced by | Lewis J. Rachmil |
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| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.