The Law and Jake Wade
The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 film based on a 1956 novel by Marvin H. Albert. It stars Robert Taylor as the title character with Richard Widmark as his former outlaw partner Clint Hollister and Patricia Owens as Peggy, Jake’s gone straight fiancé.
Jake and Clint are southern sympathizing guerilla raiders who continue their outlaw ways after the war. In a bank robbery gone bad, a young boy is caught in a crossfire and killed. Jake is troubled believing he is responsible for the boy’s death. Clint is arrested, leaving Jake with the $20,000 proceeds of the bank robbery. Jake buries the loot and vows to go straight, becoming marshal in the small town of Cold Stream. There he meets and falls in love with Peggy.
Jake decides to right matters with Clint by breaking him out of jail. Once free, Clint demands Jake take him to the money. Jake refuses, returning to Cold Stream without telling Clint where he is headed. Soon after, Clint and the old gang show up. They take Peggy hostage to force Jake to take them to the money. On the way Jake and Peggy attempt to escape unsuccessfully. They ride into the threat of Comanche Indian trouble but reach the ghost town where the money is buried. Jake learns from Ortero, a friendly gang member, he was not responsible for the boy’s death. Clint just let him believe it.
The Comanche attack. Holed up in a saloon, the Indians thin out the ranks of the gang, allowing Peggy to free Jake. With the Indians driven off Jake leads Clint to the cemetery where the money is buried in a saddlebag. Jake digs it up along with the gun inside, getting the drop on Clint. He tells Ortero to lead Peggy to safety. Once they have departed, Jake tosses Clint a gun to let him have his play. A tense stalking ensues with Clint hunting Jake through the ghost town ruins until the climactic moment when Jake kills Clint.
The film returned $87,000.00 on box office receipts of $2,795,000.00
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Jake and Clint are southern sympathizing guerilla raiders who continue their outlaw ways after the war. In a bank robbery gone bad, a young boy is caught in a crossfire and killed. Jake is troubled believing he is responsible for the boy’s death. Clint is arrested, leaving Jake with the $20,000 proceeds of the bank robbery. Jake buries the loot and vows to go straight, becoming marshal in the small town of Cold Stream. There he meets and falls in love with Peggy.
Jake decides to right matters with Clint by breaking him out of jail. Once free, Clint demands Jake take him to the money. Jake refuses, returning to Cold Stream without telling Clint where he is headed. Soon after, Clint and the old gang show up. They take Peggy hostage to force Jake to take them to the money. On the way Jake and Peggy attempt to escape unsuccessfully. They ride into the threat of Comanche Indian trouble but reach the ghost town where the money is buried. Jake learns from Ortero, a friendly gang member, he was not responsible for the boy’s death. Clint just let him believe it.
The Comanche attack. Holed up in a saloon, the Indians thin out the ranks of the gang, allowing Peggy to free Jake. With the Indians driven off Jake leads Clint to the cemetery where the money is buried in a saddlebag. Jake digs it up along with the gun inside, getting the drop on Clint. He tells Ortero to lead Peggy to safety. Once they have departed, Jake tosses Clint a gun to let him have his play. A tense stalking ensues with Clint hunting Jake through the ghost town ruins until the climactic moment when Jake kills Clint.
The film returned $87,000.00 on box office receipts of $2,795,000.00
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Paul
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