Movie: Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

Top 10 Billed Cast

Clu Gulager
Clu Gulager

Charlie Cobb

Blair Brown
Blair Brown

Charity

Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy

McVea

Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens

Martha McVea

Tricia O'Neil
Tricia O'Neil

Angelica

George Furth
George Furth

Conroy

Pernell Roberts
Pernell Roberts

Sherrif Yates

Josh Taylor
Josh Taylor

Virg

Christopher Connelly
Christopher Connelly

Waco

Carmen Mathews
Carmen Mathews

Miss Cumberland

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    A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.

  • Release Date

    1977-06-09

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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