Warlock (1959 film)

Warlock
Warlock
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Edward Dmytryk
Screenplay by	Robert Alan Aurthur
Based on	Warlock; by Oakley Hall
Produced by	Edward Dmytryk
Starring	Richard Widmark; Henry Fonda; Anthony Quinn; Dorothy Malone; Dolores Michaels
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	Jack W. Holmes
Music by	Leigh Harline
Color process	Color by DeLuxe
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 15, 1959;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.4 million
Box office	$1.7 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)

Warlock is a 1959 American Western film produced and directed by Edward Dmytryk starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Dorothy Malone. The picture is an adaptation of the novel Warlock by American author Oakley Hall. The film is both set and filmed in Utah.

Fonda portrays Clay Blaisedell, a freelance marshal in the fictional town of Warlock with implacable methods of dealing with troublemakers, while Widmark portrays Johnny Gannon, a former outlaw who eventually becomes the town's deputy sheriff. A subplot centers on Blaisedell's club-footed assistant, Tom Morgan, played by Quinn, who has sublimated his relationships and ambition into a warped devotion to Blaisedell, the only person Morgan thinks does not look down on him for his disability.

As in the earlier film Wichita (1955), the conflict of the law with the outlaw runs parallel to the resentment of the town's own leadership.

^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252

[2] "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34

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