The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade
Theatrical Film Poster
Directed byJohn Sturges
Written byMarvin H. Albert (novel)
Screenplay byWilliam Bowers
Produced byWilliam Hawks
StarringRobert Taylor
Richard Widmark
Patricia Owens
Robert Middleton
Henry Silva
DeForest Kelley
Burt Douglas
Eddie Firestone
Rory Mallinson
Roy Engle
Richard Cutting
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byFred Steiner
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 6, 1958 (1958-06-06)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,538,000[1]
Box office$2,795,000[1]

The Law and Jake Wade is a 1958 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark. The picture was based on the 1956 novel by Marvin H. Albert. The film was shot on location in California's High Sierra mountain range, Lone Pine, and Death Valley in Metrocolor by MGM and in CinemaScope. This film was Robert Taylor's last A-picture as the top-billed lead.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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