Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once The Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story is given an 1898 setting. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's noir classic The Asphalt Jungle.
Directed by Delmer Daves
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Cast
Alan Ladd
Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
Ernest Borgnine
John McBain
Katy Jurado
Anita
Claire Kelly
Ada Winton
Kent Smith
Cyril Lounsberry
Nehemiah Persoff
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Robert Emhardt
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Anthony Caruso
Comanche
Adam Williams
Deputy Leslie
Ford Rainey
Yuma Prison Warden
John Daheim
Lee
Jack Perkins
Miner (uncredited)
George Boyce
Yuma Prison Board Member
Anna Navarro
Raquel
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