The Iron Sheriff

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The Iron Sheriff

Release Date: April 01, 1957

Year	:	1957
Slogan	:	«The whole town crawled under his gun...»
Genres	:	Western
Production Companies	:	Grand Productions (I)
Director	:	Sidney Salkow
Producers	:	Jerome C. Robinson
Writers	:	Seeleg Lester
RunTime	:	73 mins.

Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt (Sterling Hayden) faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie (Darryl Hickman). Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.