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Day of the Outlaw(1959)

Dir. Directed by André de Toth

It's remarkable how much Alexander Courage's musical score really marks this as a late-1950s studio picture.

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Synopsis: Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.