The Man from Galveston

• Director: William Conrad
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Melodrama, Courtroom Drama
• Themes: Lawyers, Murder Investigations
• Main Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Preston S. Foster, James Coburn, Joanna Moore, Edward Andrews
• Release Year: 1963
• Country: US
• Run Time: 57 minutes

Plot

This western served as the pilot film for Warner Bros.' Temple Houston television series. It is the tale of a young, brash attorney (Jeffrey Hunter) in the Texas circuit court system. His old flame (Joanna Moore) is accused of murder. The case is resolved when Hunter reveals the real killer in contrived courtroom melodrama. A rather skimpy plot, but uncomplicatedly colorful and entertaining. ~ Lucinda Ramsey, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jeffrey Hunter - Timothy Higgins
• Preston S. Foster - Judge Homer Black
• James Coburn - Boyd Palmer
• Joanna Moore - Rita Dillard
• Edward Andrews - Hyde

Kevin Hagen - John Dillard; Martin West - Stonewall Grey; Ed Nelson - Cole Marteen; Karl Swenson - Sheriff; Grace Lee Whitney - Texas Rose; Claude Stroud - Harvey Sprager; Marjorie Bennett - Mrs. Warren; Arthur Malet - Barney; Sherwood Price - George Taggart

Credit

William Conrad - Director, Jack Webb - Executive Producer, David Buttolph - Composer (Music Score), Bert Glennon - Cinematographer, William L. Kuehl - Set Designer, Frank Sarver - Sound/Sound Designer, Philip Lonergan - Screen Story, Dean Riesner - Screenwriter