john parrish be an ex union officer who plan to sell his ranch and land to the wilkison over at anchor . the trouble be that the price be offer be way to low and when they start to bully parrish and his worker and he have a change of heart and particularly when thing take a brutal turn for the bad . originally after watch this one i have a sense of frustration and chiefly because of the cast that be involve . when you get edward g. robinson and glenn ford and barbara stanwyck in the same movie and you hope that they get a story and script from which to excel . sadly they do not get chance to produce a western classic worthy of multiple revisits and or be that my over expectation be do it a disservice . well i sleep on it and decide to ponder far about the picture . i think yes it fair to say that the actor in question deserve a good story from which to work from and it be and when all be say and do and a plot that have be milk for all it worth and and then some . but the violent men be still a very rewarding film regardless of the missed opportunity evident with the production . glenn ford a parrish be as cool a an eskimo nose throughout and and it always great to see babs stanwyck play a bitch because she good at it . while eddie g and when one get use to him be in a western and be fine in what be an under write part . robinson and who step in at the last minute when first choice a lee wilkison and broderick crawford get injured and be the one who be short change the most by the maker and even support character such a the devilish wade matlock { a grin delight from the reliable richard jaeckel } and judith wilkison { a radiant dianne foster } get something to leave an impression with . but for what it be and robinson crutch tot bad guy be at the least memorable for all the right reason . not shy on action and gun play and it with the twist and almost shakespearean tragedy that rudolph maté film rise above the mundane and with all of it gorgeously frame by burnett guffey stun cinematography . lone pine in alabama have be use on many a western picture { see seven men from now for another glorious use of it } and but here guffey really excels and manages to dazzle the eye at every turn . the violent men isn not a great western picture and and perhaps a good director than maté could have really give donald hamilton { the big country } novel an adaptation to be proud of . but for every niggle and irk i personally have with it and i find two more reason to actually really like it and so that it be and it recommend and for sure . positive .