The Lawless Breed

The Lawless Breed
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	William Alland
Screenplay by	Bernard Gordon
Story by	William Alland
Starring	Rock Hudson; Julie Adams
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Frank Gross
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal International
Release date	January 3, 1953 (United States);
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million (US)[1]

The Lawless Breed is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film distributed by Universal-International, directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars Rock Hudson and Julie Adams. The film is based on the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.

Plot

Wild West gunslinger and gambler John Wesley Hardin (Rock Hudson) is pardoned and released from Huntsville, Texas prison in 1896, after serving 16 years of a 25-year sentence. He recounts his exploits outside the law (shown in flashbacks) with a manuscript detailing his life. The woman he planned to marry is killed, and he later marries a saloon girl (Julie Adams). On the run and using aliases, they begin a normal life, and have a son just before he is captured and sent to prison. His life as an outlaw influences his son, who grows up while Hardin served time, but on his release Hardin makes clear to the young man that a life of crime is no way to live.

Cast

Rock Hudson as John Wesley Hardin
Julie Adams as Rosie (as Julia Adams)
Mary Castle as Jane Brown
John McIntire as J.G.Hardin / John Clements
Hugh O'Brian as Ike Hanley
Dennis Weaver as Jim Clements
Forrest Lewis as Zeke Jenkins
Lee Van Cleef as Dirk Hanley
Tom Fadden as Chick Noonan
Race Gentry as Young John Hardin
Richard Garland as Joe Clements
Glenn Strange as Ben Hanley
William Pullen as Joe Hardin

Home media

Universal first released the film on DVD in 2007 as part of its Classic Western Round-Up, Volume 1 set, a 2-disc set featuring three other films (The Texas Rangers, Canyon Passage, and Kansas Raiders). The exact same set was re-released in 2011, as part of Universal's 4 Movie Marathon DVD series, being repackaged as the "Classic Western Collection". In 2015, the film re-released as a stand-alone DVD from the Universal Vault Series; the only difference in this release was that no subtitles were provided on-screen. There are also Region 2 and Region 4 DVD releases of this film.

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References

"The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954

External links

The Lawless Breed on IMDb

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[1] "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954